Pitcher Plants of the Old World Vol. 1 - BOOK
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Pitcher Plants of the Old World Volume One
by Stewart McPherson
Editors: Alastair Robinson and Andreas Fleischmann
ISBN: 978-0-9558918-2-3
Pages: 631
Images: 339
Page size: 229 x 153 mm
Cover: hardcover with dust jacket
This two volume work documents the ecology and natural diversity of all species of both genera of Old World pitcher plants (Nepenthes and Cephalotus) known in 2009.
This 1399 page work contains 751 spectacular images. 120 species of Nepenthes, plus 5 incompletely diagnosed taxa are recognised, along with Cephalotus follicularis. Several of the species documented in this work have been discovered only very recently and, in many cases, the photographs presented in this work are among the first to be published. Examples include N. argentii, N. attenboroughii, N. bellii, N. bokorensis, N. burkei, N. copelandii, N. danseri, N. deaniana, N. gracillima, N. kampotiana, N. klossii, N. kongkandana, N. mantalingajanensis, N. masoalensis, N. micramphora, N. mindanaoensis, N. mira, N. naga, N. paniculata, N. papuana, N. peltata, N. pilosa, N. pitopangii, N. surigaoensis, N. tenax, N. tenuis, N. tomoriana, N. sp. Trang, N. sp. Phanga Nga, N. sp. Sulawesi, N. sp. Misool and N. sp. Papua. A newly discovered taxon from the Philippines, Nepenthes micramphora V. Heinrich, S. McPherson, Gronemeyer Amoroso, is formally described in the Appendix and introduced here for the first time.
Pitcher Plants of the Old World is a focused study that provides a unique examination of this fascinating and very beautiful group of plants.
Volume One consists of the following chapters; Introduction, Carnivorous Plants of the World, The Pitcher Plants of the Old World, The Evolution of the Pitcher Plants of the Old World, Trapping Processes, Infauna, Nepentheso f Borneo and Nepenthes of Peninsular Malaysia and Indochina.
Signed copies bear the signature of Stewart McPherson.
This book is drop-shipped from Europe, please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery. Standard Shipping to the US $12.00.
Pitcher Plants of the Old World Volume One
by Stewart McPherson
Editors: Alastair Robinson and Andreas Fleischmann
ISBN: 978-0-9558918-2-3
Pages: 631
Images: 339
Page size: 229 x 153 mm
Cover: hardcover with dust jacket
This two volume work documents the ecology and natural diversity of all species of both genera of Old World pitcher plants (Nepenthes and Cephalotus) known in 2009.
This 1399 page work contains 751 spectacular images. 120 species of Nepenthes, plus 5 incompletely diagnosed taxa are recognised, along with Cephalotus follicularis. Several of the species documented in this work have been discovered only very recently and, in many cases, the photographs presented in this work are among the first to be published. Examples include N. argentii, N. attenboroughii, N. bellii, N. bokorensis, N. burkei, N. copelandii, N. danseri, N. deaniana, N. gracillima, N. kampotiana, N. klossii, N. kongkandana, N. mantalingajanensis, N. masoalensis, N. micramphora, N. mindanaoensis, N. mira, N. naga, N. paniculata, N. papuana, N. peltata, N. pilosa, N. pitopangii, N. surigaoensis, N. tenax, N. tenuis, N. tomoriana, N. sp. Trang, N. sp. Phanga Nga, N. sp. Sulawesi, N. sp. Misool and N. sp. Papua. A newly discovered taxon from the Philippines, Nepenthes micramphora V. Heinrich, S. McPherson, Gronemeyer Amoroso, is formally described in the Appendix and introduced here for the first time.
Pitcher Plants of the Old World is a focused study that provides a unique examination of this fascinating and very beautiful group of plants.
Volume One consists of the following chapters; Introduction, Carnivorous Plants of the World, The Pitcher Plants of the Old World, The Evolution of the Pitcher Plants of the Old World, Trapping Processes, Infauna, Nepentheso f Borneo and Nepenthes of Peninsular Malaysia and Indochina.
Signed copies bear the signature of Stewart McPherson.
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