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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.
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 ).
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 ...
This list of Nepenthes species is a comprehensive listing of all known species of the carnivorous plant genus Nepenthes. It includes 179 recognised extant species, 2 incompletely diagnosed taxa , and 3 nothospecies .
The Gold Medal-winning Borneo Exotics display at the 2011 Chelsea Flower Show. Borneo Exotics was established by Cantley and Diana Williams in 1997. [6] As of 2009, the nursery stocked more than 130 Nepenthes taxa, totalling over 180,000 plants annually. [6]
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).
The first devastating images have emerged, showing the apocalyptic destruction of neighborhoods that flames left unrecognizable. Entire homes were burned to the ground while vehicles melted on ...