What is Nepenthes?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Nepenthes'' | image = Nepenthes edwardsiana entire ASR 052007 tambu.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = Upper pitcher of ''[[Nepenthes edwardsiana]]'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Caryophyllales]] | familia = '''Nepenthaceae''' | familia_authority = [[Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier|Dumort.]] (1829) | genus = '''''Nepenthes''''' | genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] (1753) | diversity_link = List_of_Nepenthes_species | diversity = ~120 species | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = See [[Nepenthes#Species|below]] or [[List of Nepenthes species|separate list]]. | range_map = Nepenthes distribution.svg | range_map_width = 200px | range_map_caption = Global distribution of ''Nepenthes''. | synonyms = * ''Anurosperma'' <small>Hallier (1921)</small> * ''Bandura'' <small>Adans. (1763)</small> * ''Phyllamphora'' <small>Lour. (1790)</small> }} '''''Nepenthes''''', often known as '''tropical pitcher plants or monkey cups''', is a [[genus]] of [[carnivorous plants]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] of the '''Nepenthaceae''' consisting of about 120 [[species]] (this number is fast increasing, with one to two new species being described each year). Many hybrids exist, both [[List of Nepenthes natural hybrids|natural]] and created by humans. These plants come from South [[China]], [[Indonesia]], [[Malaysia]] and the [[Philippines]]; westward to [[Madagascar]] and the [[Seychelles]] ; southward to [[Australia]] and [[New Caledonia]] ; and northward to [[India]] and [[Sri Lanka]] . Many are plants from hot humid lowland areas, but the majority are from high in the mountains where nights are cold. Nepenthes are often categorized as being lowland or highland varieties, depending on how high they live above sea level. Lowland varieties usually require high temperature and humidity levels. Highland varieties usually require warm days but cold and humid nights. The name ''Nepenthes'' was first published in 173