Dear Lists,


If someone gets the chance, similar quality photos of _N. smilesii_ type
specimens would be great :) As it appears at least two different species
where named using the name "smilesii". One of them, everyone can agree was
really _Nepenthes mirabilis_.

It is a form of _N. mirabilis_, which has serrated leaf margin as per the
discussion I had with Dr. Jan Schlauer at the 2006 ICPS conference. This
name refers to nothing of taxonomic importance, just another _N. mirabilis_
that impressed the author at the time.

However, I am confused about which specimens were actually reviewed Dr.
Schlauer. It seems there is another plant, named a bit earlier(???), the
specimens of which need to be reviewed again, by more people it seems.
Unfortunately, the photos I have seen of these specimens do not show a level
of clarity in which such details become clear and we have to rely upon the
hearsay of those who have personally reviewed the sheets.
Please review:
http://www.nepenthesofthailand.com/Alongresearch.htm

If Marco's and Martin Cheek's ideas are correct, the plant on the original
sheet for first plant named _Nepenthes smilesii_ should not show leaf margin
serration and it should not have well defined petioles. Are these features
present on the specimen (at Kew) or not?


Dave Evans