title: Nepenthes alfredoi
text: # Nepenthes alfredoi
  
  Nepenthes $alfredoi^{:14}^{:1}$ is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Philippines on the Mt. Hamiguitan Range on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines, where it grows at elevations of 160–345 m above sea $level.^{:15-16}$
  
  The species was compared to N. zygon. Nepenthes alfredoi can be distinguished from N. zygon as the species have both lower and upper pitchers with well-expressed fringed wings extending for some distance along the tendril, and the male and female inflorescence are two-flowered and rarely single $flowered.^{:15}$
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific epithet was derived to honor Alfredo Bolante Sr., a forest guard and well-trained local researcher of Mt. Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary who first observed and collected the $species.^{:16}$
  
  