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Nepenthes maxima
great pitcher-plant
As recorded: Nepenthes maxima Reinw. ex Nees
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Caryophyllales › Nepenthaceae
- Collected by
- Puradyatmika, P.; Johns, R.J.; Sadili, A.; Tekege, D.R.J. Johns →Pratita Puradyatmika →A. Sadili →Damianus Tekege →
- Collector number
- 10325
- Date
- February 24, 1998
- Locality
- Mt. Jaya, PT-Freeport Indonesia Concession Area, mile 57
- Island
- New Guinea
- Region
- Papua Province, Indonesia
- Identified by
- Jebb, M.; Cheeck, M.M. Cheeck →M. Jebb →
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On February 24, 1998, Puradyatmika, P.; Johns, R.J.; Sadili, A.; Tekege, D. also collected 1 other specimen.
Nepenthes maxima observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1998. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 400 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-23.
2026-10-23
Lanut, Kec. Modayag, Kabupaten Bolaang Mongondow Timur, Sulawesi Utara, Indonesia
(c) fahmi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-13
Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
(c) Karen Viste-Sparkman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-13
Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
(c) Karen Viste-Sparkman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-13
Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
(c) Karen Viste-Sparkman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-13
Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
no rights reserved
2026-10-11
Manokwari, ID-IB, ID
(c) Laura Jennings, some rights reserved (CC BY)
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Cite this specimen
Nepenthes maxima. BISH 736788. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956337487. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/736788.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956337487 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026