Nepenthes of Borneo

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Nepenthes of Borneo
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Nepenthes of Borneo is a monograph by Charles Clarke on the tropical pitcher plants of Borneo.[1][2] It was first published in 1997 by Natural History Publications (Borneo), and reprinted in 2006.[1] Clarke describes it as "primarily an ecological monograph".[3]

Content

The book describes and illustrates 31 species in detail. A further two "undescribed and incompletely diagnosed taxa" are included: Nepenthes sp. A (possibly a form of

natural hybrids.[1]

The taxonomy presented in Nepenthes of Borneo almost wholly agrees with that of

N. borneensis in synonymy with N. boschiana.[1][7]

In the book's preface, Clarke writes:[1]

My aim is to provide a balanced, first-hand account of the plants in an ecological context, partly based on the research I performed on them in Brunei in 1989 and 1990. This information is intended to complement the recent taxonomic revision of Nepenthes by M. Jebb and M. Cheek.

Species

The following taxa are covered in the book, with 31 recognised as valid species.

  1. N. albomarginata
  2. N. ampullaria
  3. N. bicalcarata
  4. N. boschiana
  5. N. burbidgeae
  6. N. campanulata
  7. N. clipeata
  8. N. edwardsiana
  9. N. ephippiata
  10. N. faizaliana
  11. N. fusca
  12. N. gracilis
  13. N. hirsuta
  14. N. hispida
  15. N. lowii
  16. N. macrophylla
  17. N. macrovulgaris
  18. N. mapuluensis
  19. N. mirabilis
  20. N. mollis
  21. N. muluensis
  22. N. murudensis
  23. N. northiana
  24. N. pilosa
  25. N. rafflesiana
  26. N. rajah
  27. N. reinwardtiana
  28. N. stenophylla
  29. N. tentaculata
  30. N. veitchii
  31. N. villosa
Dubious species and erroneous records
  1. N. alata
  2. N. sp. "elegance" (N. hemsleyana)
  3. N. gymnamphora
  4. N. macfarlanei
  5. N. maxima
  6. N. neglecta
Undescribed and incompletely diagnosed taxa
  1. N. sp. A (?N. fusca)
  2. N. sp. B (N. hurrelliana)

Reviews

Barry Meyers-Rice reviewed Nepenthes of Borneo in the December 1998 issue of the Carnivorous Plant Newsletter. He described the work as a "good, solid book that treats its subject very well".[8] Rice praised the publication's habitat photographs and wrote that the "[c]ontent that really makes this book interesting and different from other carnivorous plant books is its emphasis on the context of Nepenthes in its natural habitat".[8]

Nepenthes of Borneo was also reviewed by Miroslav Holub and Zdeněk Žáček in a 1998 issue of

Trifid Interinfo.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
  2. Victorian Carnivorous Plant Society Journal
    65: 19.
  3. ^ Clarke, C.M. 2001. Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
  4. ^ Cheek, M., M. Jebb, C.C. Lee, A. Lamb & A. Phillipps. 2003. Nepenthes hurrelliana (Nepenthaceae), a new species of pitcher plant from Borneo. Sabah Parks Nature Journal 6: 117–124.
  5. doi:10.3767/000651911X607121
  6. doi:10.3767/000651913X668465
  7. ^ Kurata, S. 2002. "Revision trial in recent enumeration of Nepenthes species" (PDF). Proceedings of the 4th International Carnivorous Plant Conference: 111–116.
  8. ^ a b Meyers-Rice, B. 1998. Book Review. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 27(4): 115.
  9. Trifid 1998(1): 23–27. (page 2, page 3, page 4, page 5
    )
  10. Trifid Interinfo
    2008(2): 8.
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