Chitinases from pitcher fluid of <i>Nepenthes distillatoria</i> by R. W. K. M. Senevirathna, V. N. Seneviratne, S. Rajapakse

“…Chitinases belong to a diverse family of enzymes among many other hydrolytic enzymes of the pitcher fluid of <em>Nepenthes</em> sp. There are no existing studies on identification of chitinases in <em>Nepenthes distillatoria</em> the only representative of the genus <em>Nepenthes</em> in Sri Lanka. …”
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Antioxidant activity of pitcher extracts from three Nepenthes species by Muhammad Aqil Fitri Rosli, Kamalrul Azlan Azizan, Goh, Hoe-Han

“…This study aimed to compare the antioxidant activity of the pitcher extracts from Nepenthes ampullaria, Nepenthes rafflesiana and their hybrid, Nepenthes × hookeriana. …”
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Leaf anatomical characteristics of Nepenthes species in Western Sarawak, Borneo by Mohd Hisham Nabilah Huda, Kalu Meekiong, Hashimah Elias

“…The dimorphism and phenotypic plasticity of genus Nepenthes is taxonomically challenging. They depicted a variety of pitcher morphological features that often lead to difficulty in the species delineation. …”
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Prey spectra of bornean nepenthes species (Nepenthaceae) in relation to their habitat by H. Adam, Jumaat

“…However, the number of ants caught per pitcher was variable, e.g. from a few ants to 700 per pitcher in N. rafflesiana. Nepenthes species growing at high altitudes trapped a broader spectrum ofprey than species at lower altitudes. …”
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Ethnobotanical, phytochemical, and pharmacological properties of nepenthes species: a review by Sanusi, Shuaibu Babaji, Abu Bakar, Mohd Fadzelly, Mohamed, Maryati, Sabran, Siti Fatimah, Mainasara, Muhammad Murtala

“…The genus Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae) has been utilized in folk medicine for a long time in India and Southeast Asia countries. …”
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Draft genome and transcriptome of Nepenthes mirabilis, a carnivorous plant in China by Yuan Gao, Hao-Bin Liao, Ting-Hong Liu, Jia-Ming Wu, Zheng-Feng Wang, Hong-Lin Cao

“…Nepenthes mirabilis is the most widely distributed species and the only Nepenthes species that is naturally distributed within China. …”
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RNA-seq analysis for plant carnivory gene discovery in Nepenthes × ventrata by Wan Nor Adibah Wan Zakaria, Kok-Keong Loke, Hoe-Han Goh, Normah Mohd Noor

“…This study provides the first transcriptome resource from pitcher of a Nepenthes ventricosa × Nepenthes alata hybrid, Nepenthes × ventrata to understand carnivory mechanism in Nepenthes spp., as well as in other carnivorous species. …”
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A NEW NATURAL HYBRID OF NEPENTHES FROM MT. KINABALU ( SABAH ) by Jummat H. Adam, C.C Wilcock

Subjects: “…NATURAL HYBRID OF NEPENTHES…”
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DIVERSITY, ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION STATUS OF NEPENTHES IN WEST SUMATRA PROVINCE, INDONESIA by Muhammad Mansur, Andi Salamah, Edi Mirmanto, Francis Q Brearley

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The complete mitochondrial genome of the carnivorous flowering plant Nepenthes X Ventrata by Eugene V. Gruzdev, Andrey V. Mardanov, Alexey V. Beletsky, Nikolai V. Ravin, Konstantin G. Skryabin

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The effect of surface anisotropy in the slippery zone of Nepenthes alata pitchers on beetle attachment by Elena V. Gorb, Stanislav N. Gorb

“…The slippery zone in pitchers of the carnivorous plant Nepenthes alata bears scattered prominent lunate cells and displays continuous epicuticular crystalline wax coverage. …”
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Nepenthesin protease activity indicates digestive fluid dynamics in carnivorous nepenthes plants. by Franziska Buch, Wendy E Kaman, Floris J Bikker, Ayufu Yilamujiang, Axel Mithöfer

“…Plants from the genus Nepenthes possess specialized leaves called pitchers that function as pitfall-traps. …”
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Nepenthes rafflesiana pitcher liquid has antifungal activity against Candida spp. by Hanna Yolanda, Ingrid M. Makahinda, Maureen Aprilia, Nikki Sanjaya, Harry Gunawan, Rita Dewi

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Recircumscription of the Nepenthes alata group (Caryophyllales: Nepenthaceae), in the Philippines, with four new species by Martin Cheek, Matthew Jebb

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Complete plastome sequence of Nepenthes mirabilis (Nepenthaceae): a “vulnerable” herb in China by Zhi-Xin Zhu, Jian-Hua Wang, Chao-Rui Chen, Kun-Kun Zhao, Hua-Feng Wang

Subjects: “…nepenthes mirabilis…”
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Sex is determined by XY chromosomes across the radiation of dioecious Nepenthes pitcher plants by Mathias Scharmann, T. Ulmar Grafe, Faizah Metali, Alex Widmer

“…Here, we study the sex‐determination system in a genus of dioecious plants that lack heteromorphic sex chromosomes and are not amenable to controlled breeding: Nepenthes pitcher plants. We genotyped wild populations of flowering males and females of three Nepenthes taxa using ddRAD‐seq and sequenced a male inflorescence transcriptome. …”
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Contributions of lunate cells and wax crystals to the surface anisotropy of Nepenthes slippery zone by Lixin Wang, Dashuai Tao, Shiyun Dong, Shanshan Li, Yu Tian

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Nepenthes naga, a new species of Nepenthaceae from Bukit Barisan of Sumatra by Pitra - Akhriadi, Hernawati - -, Alfindra - Primaldhi, Muhamad - Hambali

Subjects: “…Nepenthes, Nepenthaceae, Sumatra, snake-tongue…”
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CONSERVATION STRATEGIES FOR NEPENTHES KHASIANA IN THE NOKREK BIOSPHERE RESERVE OF GARO HILLS, NORTHEAST, INDIA by Bikarma SINGH, Sandhaya Jyoti PHUKAN, Bipin Kumar SINHA, Vivek Narayan SINGH, Sashin Kumar BORTHAKUR

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With a flick of the lid: a novel trapping mechanism in Nepenthes gracilis pitcher plants. by Ulrike Bauer, Bruno Di Giusto, Jeremy Skepper, T Ulmar Grafe, Walter Federle

“…Here we describe a new trapping mechanism for Nepenthes gracilis which has evolved a unique, semi-slippery wax crystal surface on the underside of the pitcher lid and utilises the impact of rain drops to 'flick' insects into the trap. …”
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