Planta Carnivora
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| Discipline | Botany |
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| Language | English |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1980–present |
| Publisher | The Carnivorous Plant Society (United Kingdom) |
| Frequency | Biannual |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Planta Carniv. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0260-440X |
| OCLC no. | 13024012 |
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Planta Carnivora is a biannual periodical and the official publication of The Carnivorous Plant Society of the United Kingdom.[1][2] Typical articles include matters of horticultural interest, field reports, and news of plant discoveries. The journal was established in 1980[3] and was called The Carnivorous Plant Society Journal until 2009; the following year it was combined with the society's newsletter to form Planta Carnivora. Issues are published in spring and autumn.[2]
Taxon names
[edit]The nomen novum (replacement name) Nepenthes sumagaya was published in the Autumn 2014 issue of Planta Carnivora.[4] Other taxa formally established in the magazine include the hybrids Drosera × eloisiana, Sarracenia × miniata, Sarracenia × slackii, and Sarracenia × soperi, as well as the sections Nepenthes sect. Alatae, Nepenthes sect. Micramphorae, and Nepenthes sect. Villosae.[5]
The following cultivar names were first published in this magazine: Cephalotus 'Eden Black', Drosera 'Tamlin', Sarracenia 'Blood Sweat & Tears', Sarracenia 'Langford Williams', Sarracenia 'Melissa Mazur', Sarracenia 'Victoria Morley', and Utricularia 'Betty's Bay'.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ Rice, B. 2010. Carnivorous Plant Society Archives. The Carnivorous Plant FAQ. [archived page from October 10, 2010]
- 1 2 The CPS Journal and Newsletter. The Carnivorous Plant Society.
- ↑ The Carnivorous Plant Society Journal. WorldCat.
- ↑ Cheek, M. 2014. Nomen novum Nepenthes. Planta Carnivora 36(2): 44–45.
- ↑ Planta Carnivora. International Plant Names Index.
- ↑ Schlauer, J. N.d. Query results: Carniv. Pl. Soc. J.. Carnivorous Plant Database.
- Simons, P. 1988. Join the amateurs. New Scientist, September 8, 1988.