The ''International Pinguicula Study Group Newsletter'' was the official publication of the International ''Pinguicula'' Study Group, a ''

Pinguicula ''Pinguicula'', commonly known as butterworts, is a genus of carnivorous flowering plants in the family Lentibulariaceae. They use sticky, glandular leaves to lure, trap, and digest insects in order to supplement the poor mineral nutrition they ...

'' society based in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

that was active during the 1990s.The International ''Pinguicula'' Study Group
. International Carnivorous Plant Society. Typical articles included matters of horticultural interest, field reports, and scientific studies. Only 10 issues were ever released and the newsletter had an irregular publication history. In chronological order, the 10 issues were: volume 1 (not dated), volume 2 (not dated), volume 3 (May/June 1993), volume 4 (February 1994), volume 5 (September 1994), volume 6 (April 1995), volume 7 (January 1996), volume 8 (February 1997), volume 9 (autumn 1998), and volume 10 (autumn 2000). The

International Carnivorous Plant Society The International Carnivorous Plant Society (ICPS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1972. It is the International Cultivar Registration Authority for carnivorous plants. As of June 2011, the society had around 1400 members. The ICPS publis ...

hosts an online archive of all ten issues.

Taxon descriptions

The ''International Pinguicula Study Group Newsletter'' published the formal description of the

subspecies In Taxonomy (biology), biological classification, subspecies (: subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (Morphology (biology), morpholog ...

''Pinguicula macroceras'' subsp. ''nortensis'' in its February 1997 issue.Schlauer, J. N.d
Query results: Internat. Pinguicula Stud. Group Newslett.
. Carnivorous Plant Database. It also established the

cultivar A cultivar is a kind of Horticulture, cultivated plant that people have selected for desired phenotypic trait, traits and which retains those traits when Plant propagation, propagated. Methods used to propagate cultivars include division, root a ...

name ''Pinguicula'' 'L'Hautil' in the May/June 1993 issue.Legendre, L. & S. Lavayssiere 1993. ''International Pinguicula Study Group Newsletter'' 3: 7–11.

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