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Nepenthes bicalcarata (/nɪˈpɛnθiːz baɪˌkælkəˈrɑːtə/ or /bɪˌkælkəˈreɪtə/; Latin: bi "two", calcaratus "spur"), also known as the fanged pitcher-plant, is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to northwestern Borneo, Indonesia. It is a myrmecophyte noted for its mutualistic association with a species of ant, Camponotus schmitzi. As an ant-fed plant it lacks many of the features that characterise the carnivorous syndrome in Nepenthes, including viscoelasti

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1. (c) junis_sp_photography, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/7438537@N05/545387018
2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_bicalcarata

Mais informações

• BioDiversity4All taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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