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Nepenthes Leonardoi
''Nepenthes leonardoi'' is a tropical pitcher plant known from a single locality in central Palawan, the Philippines. It is closely allied to several other Palawan endemism, endemics, including ''Nepenthes deaniana, N. deaniana'', ''Nepenthes gantungensis, N. gantungensis'', and ''Nepenthes mira, N. mira''. The traps of this species reach at least 24 cm in height. Some specimens are noted for producing very dark, almost black, upper pitchers. In his Carnivorous Plant Database, taxonomist Jan Schlauer treats ''N. leonardoi'' as a heterotypic synonym of ''Nepenthes deaniana, N. deaniana''. Botanical history ''Nepenthes leonardoi'' was discovered on November 18, 2010, by Greg Bourke, Jehson Cervancia, Mark Jaunzems, and Stewart McPherson (geographer), Stewart McPherson. The species was initially known under the placeholder name "''Nepenthes'' sp. Palawan". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart McPherson (geographer)
Stewart Robin McPherson (born 1 January 1983) is a British geographer, Botany, field biologist, nature photographer, and writer.McPherson, S.R. 2009. ''Pitcher Plants of the Old World''. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. Background Born 1 January 1983, McPherson graduated in geography at the University of Durham in England, and studied briefly at the University of Tübingen in Germany, and Yale University in the United States. On graduation in 2006 he founded Redfern Natural History Productions in Poole, Dorset to conduct natural history research, publishing, filming and eco-tours. Career Work in natural history McPherson is the author of around 30 volumes published by his own company and concerned with natural history, largely focusing on carnivorous plants. He has co-discovered a number of species (including the much publicised ''Nepenthes attenboroughii, Nepenthes attenboroughii'') and has species description, formally described around 35 carnivorous plant t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species Description
A species description is a formal scientific description of a newly encountered species, typically articulated through a scientific publication. Its purpose is to provide a clear description of a new species of organism and explain how it differs from species that have been previously described or related species. For a species to be considered valid, a species description must follow established guidelines and naming conventions dictated by relevant nomenclature codes. These include the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) for animals, the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) for plants, and the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) for viruses. A species description often includes photographs or other illustrations of type material and information regarding where this material is deposited. The publication in which the species is described gives the new species a formal scientific name. Some 1.9 million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internode (botany)
A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant, the other being the root. It supports leaf, leaves, flowers and fruits, transports water and dissolved substances between the roots and the shoots in the xylem and phloem, engages in photosynthesis, stores nutrients, and produces new living tissue. The stem can also be called the culm, halm, haulm, stalk, or thyrsus. The stem is normally divided into nodes and internodes: * The nodes are the points of attachment for leaves and can hold one or more leaves. There are sometimes axillary buds between the stem and leaf which can grow into branches (with leaf, leaves, conifer cones, or inflorescence, flowers). Adventitious roots (e.g. brace roots) may also be produced from the nodes. Vines may produce tendrils from nodes. * The internodes distance one node from another. The term "Shoot (botany), shoots" is often confused with "stems"; "shoots" generally refers to new fresh plant growth, including both stems and other str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepenthes Rajah
''Nepenthes rajah'' is a carnivorous plant, carnivorous pitcher plant species of the family (biology), family Nepenthes, Nepenthaceae. It is endemic (ecology), endemic to Mount Kinabalu and neighbouring Mount Tambuyukon in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. ''Nepenthes rajah'' grows exclusively on Serpentine group, serpentine Substrate (biology), substrates, particularly in areas of seepage, seeping ground water where the soil is loose and permanently moist. The species has an Altitude, altitudinal range (biology), range of above sea level and is thus considered a Highland (geography), highland or sub-Alpine climate, alpine plant. Due to its localised distribution, ''N. rajah'' is classified as an endangered species by the World Conservation Union, IUCN and listed on CITES, CITES Appendix I. The species was collected by Hugh Low on Mount Kinabalu in 1858, and described the next year by Joseph Dalton Hooker, who named it after James Brooke, the first White Rajah of Sarawak. Since being in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepenthes Mantalingajanensis
''Nepenthes mantalingajanensis'' is a tropical pitcher plant known only from the summit region of Mount Mantalingajan, the highest point on the Philippines, Philippine island of Palawan, after which it is named.McPherson, S.R. 2009. ''Pitcher Plants of the Old World''. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. Botanical history ''Nepenthes mantalingajanensis'' was first collected on Mount Mantalingajan in 1992, during a botanical expedition to the summit of the mountain by botanists G. C. G. Argent and E. M. Romero.Robinson, A.S., A.S. Fleischmann, S.R. McPherson, V.B. Heinrich, E.P. Gironella & C.Q. Peña 2009. A spectacular new species of ''Nepenthes'' L. (Nepenthaceae) pitcher plant from central Palawan, Philippines. ''Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society'' 159(2): 195–202. The specimen, ''G.C.G.Argent & E.M.Romero 92114'', was taken on March 2, 1992, at an altitude of 1,700 m, and is deposited at the Kew Herbarium (K) in London.McPherson, S., G. Bourk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepenthes Attenboroughii
''Nepenthes attenboroughii'' (), or Attenborough's pitcher plant, is a montane species of carnivorous pitcher plant of the genus ''Nepenthes''. It is named after the celebrated broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough,Smyth, C. 2009Giant rat-eating nepenthes plant named after David Attenborough ''Times Online'', August 18, 2009. who is a keen enthusiast of the genus. The species is characterised by its large and distinctive bell-shaped lower and upper pitchers and narrow, upright lid. The type specimen of ''N. attenboroughii'' was collected on the summit of Mount Victoria, an ultramafic mountain in central Palawan, the Philippines. In May 2010, the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University selected ''N. attenboroughii'' as one of the "top 10 new species described in 2009". The species appeared on the 2012 list of the world's 100 most threatened species compiled by the IUCN Species Survival Commission in collaboration with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Princesa City
Puerto Princesa (, American Spanish: , European Spanish: ), officially the City of Puerto Princesa ( Cuyonon: ''Siyudad i'ang Puerto Princesa''; ), is a highly urbanized city in the Mimaropa region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 307,079. It is a city located in the western Philippine province of Palawan and is the westernmost city in the Philippines. Though the seat of government and capital of the province, the city itself is one of 38 independent cities within the Philippines not controlled by the province in which it is geographically located and is therefore an independent area located within Palawan for its geographical and statistical purposes by the Philippine Statistics Authority. It is the largest city in the province of Palawan and the Mimaropa region. It is the least densely populated city in the Philippines with . In terms of land area, the city is the second largest geographically after Davao City with an area of . Puer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palawan State University
Palawan State University (Palawan SU; PalSU) is a public government-funded higher education institution in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines. History The Palawan State University, the first state university in Palawan and in Region IV, traces its humble beginnings to the teacher training institution known as Palawan Teacher’s College (PTC), which was established through Republic Act 4303 on March 2, 1965, and has started operating since March 2, 1972. Then Congressman Gaudencio Abordo sponsored the bill establishing the college at the then municipality of Puerto Princesa. The creation of PTC was in response to the need of additional teachers in the province since most of the available educators at that time came from Luzon; and only a handful were willing to be assigned in far-flung areas of the province. Funded by an initial half-a-million pesos, the university opened night classes to 101 students under the tutelage of 10 faculty members, and 16 support staff, using fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holotype
A holotype (Latin: ''holotypus'') is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either the single such physical example (or illustration) or one of several examples, but explicitly designated as the holotype. Under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), a holotype is one of several kinds of name-bearing types. In the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) and ICZN, the definitions of types are similar in intent but not identical in terminology or underlying concept. For example, the holotype for the butterfly '' Plebejus idas longinus'' is a preserved specimen of that subspecies, held by the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. In botany and mycology, an isotype is a duplicate of the holotype, generally pieces from the same individual plant or samples from the same genetic individual. A holotype is not necessarily "ty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbarium
A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant biological specimen, specimens and associated data used for scientific study. The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper (called ''exsiccatum'', plur. ''exsiccata'') but, depending upon the material, may also be stored in boxes or kept in alcohol or other preservative. The specimens in a herbarium are often used as reference material in describing plant taxon, taxa. Some specimens may be Type (botany), types, some may be specimens distributed in published series called exsiccata, exsiccatae. The term herbarium is often used in mycology to describe an equivalent collection of preserved fungi, otherwise known as a fungarium. A xylarium is a herbarium specialising in specimens of wood. The term hortorium (as in the Liberty Hyde Bailey, Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium) has occasionally been applied to a herbarium specialising in preserving material of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
