There was a mixup regarding two highland species from Papua. As a consequence of studying many type specimens filed as N. lamii this could be resolved and a new species was published recently - Nepenthes monticola.

In order to get some insight into the new status of N. lamii and the description of N. monticola, please see for details:

Nepenthes lamii Jebb & Cheek, an emended description resulting from the separation of a two species complex, and the introduction of Nepenthes monticola, a new species of highland pitcher plant from New Guinea

published by

Alastair Robinson, Joachim Nerz ,Andreas Wistuba, Muhammad Mansur and Stewart McPherson


The paper is published in New Nepenthes - Volume 1