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Of California's total plant population, 2,153 species, subspecies, and varieties are endemic and native to California alone, according to the 1993 Jepson Manual study. [4] This botanical diversity stems not only from the size of the state, but also its diverse topographies , climates, and soils (e.g. serpentine outcrops ).
This list of Nepenthes species is a comprehensive listing of all known species of the carnivorous plant genus Nepenthes arranged according to their distribution. It is based on the 2009 monograph Pitcher Plants of the Old World [ 1 ] and, unless otherwise stated, all information is taken from this source.
California’s eco-bureaucrats halted a wildfire prevention project near the Pacific Palisades to protect an endangered shrub. It’s just the latest clash between fire safety and conservation in ...
The California Floristic Province is a world biodiversity hotspot as defined by Conservation International, due to an unusually high concentration of endemic plants: approximately 8,000 plant species in the geographic region, and over 3,400 taxa limited to the CFP proper, as well as having lost over 70% of its primary vegetation. A biodiversity ...
Nepenthes 'Helen' from the Borneo Exotics display at the 2011 Chelsea Flower Show Nepenthes 'Ted Payne'. This list of Nepenthes cultivars is a comprehensive catalog of all cultivars of the carnivorous plant genus Nepenthes, as recognised by the International Carnivorous Plant Society (ICPS).
Ch'ien C. Lee (Chinese: 李乾; pinyin: Lǐ Qián) is a photographer and botanist specialising in the carnivorous plant genus Nepenthes.Lee has described several new Nepenthes species, including N. baramensis [1] (now known as N. hemsleyana [2]), N. chaniana, [3] N. gantungensis, [4] N. glandulifera, [5] N. jamban, [6] N. lingulata, [6] N. palawanensis, [7] N. pitopangii, [8] N. platychila, [9 ...
The International Carnivorous Plant Society (ICPS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1972. It is the International Cultivar Registration Authority for carnivorous plants . [ 1 ] As of June 2011, the society had around 1400 members. [ 2 ]
Nepenthes robcantleyi, or Robert Cantley's pitcher plant, [2] is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Philippine island of Mindanao. [1] It is closely allied to N. truncata and was once considered a dark, highland form of this species. [3] Nepenthes veitchii from Borneo is also thought to be a close relative. [1]