Nepenthes kampotiana is a tropical pitcher plant native to southern Cambodia, eastern Thailand, and at least southern coastal Vietnam.McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.Nunn, R. & C.N.A. Vu 2016. An account of the Nepenthes species of Vietnam. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 45(3): 93–101. It has an altitudinal distribution of 0–600 m above sea level.McPherson, S.R. & A. Robinson 2012. Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Peninsular Malaysia and Indochina. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. The specific epithet kampotiana refers to the Cambodian city of Kampot, close to which the first specimens of this species were collected.
This species is closely related to N. chang.Catalano, M. 2010. In: Nepenthes della Thailandia: Diario di viaggio. Prague. p. 38. Nepenthes geoffrayi is a heterotypic synonym of N. kampotiana.
In his Carnivorous Plant Database, taxonomist Jan Schlauer treats N. kampotiana as a heterotypic synonym of N. smilesii.
Natural hybrids N. bokorensis × N. kampotianaMey, F.S. 2016. The beautiful Nepenthes kampotiana x bokorensis. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, 5 October 2016. N. kampotiana × N. mirabilis Catalano, M. 2010. Nepenthes della Thailandia: Diario di viaggio. Prague.
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Further reading
Mey, F.S. 2010. Cambodian Journal of Natural History 2010(2): 106–117. Mey, F.S. 2011. Utricularia delphinioides. Again!. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, September 30, 2011. Mey, F.S. 2011. Introducing Nepenthes kampotiana. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, October 22, 2011. Mey, F.S. 2014. 'Nepenthes of Indochina', my 2010 ICPS lecture now on Youtube. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, February 3, 2014. Mey, F.S. 2014. Hydnophytum formicarum habitat in Cambodia. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, February 26, 2014. Cambodian scrubland taxa incl. Utricularia delphinioides. CPUK Forum, August 15, 2011.
External links Nepenthes of Indochina