4 new species of Nepenthaceae

[Sockhom]

Hello,


Four species of Nepenthes have just been formerly described and their description will be published in Stewart McPherson new books. These will be available in the following days.

1/"Nepenthes gantungensis, a new pitcher plant species from Mount Gantung, Palawan, Philipines." 2010. McPherson S., J. Cervancia, C. Lee, M. Jauzems, A. Fleischmann, F. Mey, E. Gironella, A. Robinson. In: S.R. McPherson. Carnivorous Plants in their Habitats. Redfern Natural History Productions Ltd., Poole (Appendix).
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2/"Nepenthes palawanensis (Nepenthenceae), a new pitcher plant species from Sultan Peak, Palawan Island, Philipines." 2010. McPherson S., J. Cervancia, C. Lee, M. Jauzems, A. Fleischmann, F. Mey, E. Gironella, A. Robinson. In: S.R. McPherson. Carnivorous Plants in their Habitats. Redfern Natural History Productions Ltd., Poole (Appendix).
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3/ "Nepenthes holdenii (Nepenthaceae), a new species of pyrophytic pitcher plant from the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia." 2010. Mey F. S., M. Catalano, C. Clarke, A. Robinson, A. Fleischmann, S. McPherson. In: S.R. McPherson. Carnivorous Plants in their Habitats. Redfern Natural History Productions Ltd., Poole (Appendix).

(The paper also provides a definition of the "Nepenthes thorelii aggregate" - the group of all the "thorelii" related species and a key to separate them.)
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4/ "Nepenthes hamiguitanensis (Nepenthaceae), a new pitcher plant from Mindanao Island, Philippines". 2010. Gronemeyer T., A. Wistuba, V. Heinrich, S. McPherson, F. Mey, V. Amoroso. In: S.R. McPherson. Carnivorous Plants in their Habitats. Redfern Natural History Productions Ltd., Poole (Appendix).
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All the best,

François.

[Sockhom]

The descritpion of N. holdenii is now available online:

"Nepenthes holdenii (Nepenthaceae), a new pyrophytic species of pitcher plant from the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia". 2010. Mey F. S., M. Catalano, C. Clarke, A. Robinson, A. Fleischmann, S. McPherson. In: S.R. McPherson. Carnivorous Plants in their Habitats. Redfern Natural History Productions Ltd., Poole (Appendix).

www.carnivorousplants.it/desc.holdenii.pdf


François.

[twoton]

Holy Mother of Gimli....I just checked the species list on Wikipedia and realized that since my exit from the scene in 2009, almost twenty new species have been found...many of them almost gorgeous enough to lure me back into the maw of senseless collecting :-)