Nepenthes kampotiana auct. non Lecomte: Hort. ex Hort.Bot.Berlin in sched. (1996) [=N. mirabilis][2]
Nepenthes kampotiana is a tropical pitcher plant native to southern Cambodia, eastern Thailand, and at least southern coastal Vietnam.[3][4] It has an altitudinal distribution of 0–600 m above sea level.[5] The specific epithet kampotiana refers to the Cambodian city of Kampot, close to which the first specimens of this species were collected.[3]
This species is closely related to N. chang.[6]Nepenthes geoffrayi is a heterotypic synonym of N. kampotiana.[3]
In his Carnivorous Plant Database, taxonomist Jan Schlauer treats N. kampotiana as a heterotypic synonym of N. smilesii.[2]
^ abcMcPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
^Nunn, R. & C.N.A. Vu 2016. An account of the Nepenthes species of Vietnam. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter45(3): 93–101.
^McPherson, S.R. & A. Robinson 2012. Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Peninsular Malaysia and Indochina. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.