Nepenthes bongso

Nepenthes bongso
	A freshly opened lower pitcher
	An upper pitcher of a variant sometimes distinguished as N. carunculata, from a minor peak near Solok, West Sumatra
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nepenthaceae
Genus:	Nepenthes
Species:	N. bongso
Binomial name
	Nepenthes bongso; Korth. (1839)
	Distribution of N. bongso
Synonyms
	Synonyms Nepenthes carunculata; Danser (1928) ; Nepenthes carunculata var. robusta; Nerz & Wistuba (1994) ; Nepenthes singalana; auct. non Becc.: Tamin & M.Hotta in M.Hotta (1986) [=N. bongso/N. densiflora?/N. gymnamphora/; N. lavicola/N. singalana/N. spathulata] ; Heterochresonyms Nepenthes bongso; auct. non Korth.: Ridl. (1908); [=N. alba] ; Nepenthes bongso; auct. non Korth.: Guillaum. (1911); [=N. vieillardii] ; Nepenthes bongso; auct. non Korth.: Danser (1928);; Sh.Kurata (1973); [=N. bongso/N. ovata/N. talangensis] ; Nepenthes bongso; auct. non Korth.: Tamin & M.Hotta in M.Hotta (1986); [=N. bongso/N. dubia/N. inermis] ; Nepenthes bongso; auct. non Korth.: Hopkins, Maulder & B.R.Salmon (1990); [=N. talangensis] ; Nepenthes bongso; auct. non Korth.: Jebb & Cheek (1997);; Cheek & Jebb (2001); [=N. bongso/N. talangensis] ;

Nepenthes bongso /nɪˈpɛnθiːz ˈbɒŋsoʊ/ is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sumatra, where it has an altitudinal distribution of 1000–2700 m above sea level. The specific epithet bongso refers to the Indonesian legend of Putri Bungsu (literally "youngest daughter"), the spirit guardian of Mount Marapi.