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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 ).
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 .
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 ...
Nepenthes mirabilis at the Periyar Tiger Reserve, in Southern Western Ghats of India. Nepenthes species usually consist of a shallow root system and a prostrate or climbing stem, often several metres long and up to 15 m (49 ft) or more, and usually 1 cm (0.4 in) or less in diameter, although this may be thicker in a few species (e.g. N. bicalcarata).
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]
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 ...
After graduating from university in 2006 at the age of 23, I began three years of intense research focusing on Nepenthes and Cephalotus, and spent a cumulative total of eighteen months in the field. Over the last three years, I climbed over one hundred mountains across Southeast Asia in search of species of Nepenthes. Many of these journeys ...