Nepenthes smilesii

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Nepenthes smilesii

Nepenthes smilesii growing in Kampot Province, Cambodia, at an elevation of 16 m

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nepenthaceae
Genus: Nepenthes
Species: N. smilesii
Binomial name
Nepenthes smilesii
Hemsl. (1895)

Synonyms
Synonyms[show]

Nepenthes smilesii (/nɪˈpɛnθiːz ˈsmaɪlziaɪ, - smaɪˈliːziaɪ/) is a tropical pitcher plant native

to northeastern Thailand, southern Laos, Cambodia,[2][3] and Vietnam.[4][5][6] Nepenthes
smilesii can tolerate an extended dry season and is most common in open,
sandy savannah and grassland.[5]
The specific epithet smilesii refers to plant collector Frederick Henry Smiles, who made the
first known collection of this species.[4]
 Contents

• 1 Botanical history

• 2 Description

• 3 Ecology

• 4 Related species

• 5 Notes

• 6 References

• 7 Further reading

• 8 External links

Botanical history[edit]
Nepenthes anamensis[note a] is a heterotypic synonym of N. smilesii.[4][5] Its conservation
status appears as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.[7]
Nepenthes smilesii was referred to as N. anamensis throughout most of the 20th century.
[4] Further confusion resulted from the erroneous labelling of N. smilesii plants

as N. thorelii in the horticultural trade.[4] In Pitcher Plants of the Old World, Stewart

McPherson lists N. mirabilis f. smilesii and N. mirabilis var. smilesii as synonyms
of N. smilesii,[4] but Marcello Catalano considers these to represent normal forms
of N. mirabilis.[5]
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