Pitcher Plants of the Old World, Volume 2Redfern Natural History Productions, 2009 - 1399 halaman Pitcher plants include the largest and most spectacular of all carnivorous plants. So-called because they produce highly specialised foliage that takes the form of hollow, water-filled "pitchers", these extraordinary plants lure and prey upon arthropods and other small animals. The pitcher plants of the Old World also trap the largest prey of all carnivorous plants, including on rare occasions, vertebrates as large as frogs, mice and even rats. This two volume work examines both genera of Old World pitcher plants (Nepenthes and Cephalotus) and documents the ecology and natural diversity of every known species for the first time and in unparalleled detail... Pitcher Plants of the Old World Volume Two comprises Nepenthes of the Philippines, Nepenthes of Sumatra and Java, Nepenthes of Sulawesi, Nepenthes of New Guinea and the Maluku Islands, Nepenthes of the Outlying Areas, Nepenthes Hybrids, Cephalotus follicularis, Habitat Loss and the Threat of Extinction and Cultivation and Horticulture, Appendix, Glossary, Bibliography, Index. |
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Nepenthes continued from Volume One | 633 |
Cephalotus | 1191 |
Habitat Loss and the Threat of Extinction | 1227 |
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altitude anther head apex aristolochioides attenboroughii becomes cylindrical blotches bongso Borneo bracts carnivorous plants Cephalotus Cephalotus follicularis cm long cm tall cm wide colouration dark red deaniana direct sunlight elongated Endemic exterior flecked Flowers are borne foliage follicularis plants fringed with filaments glabrous glands grows terrestrially Guinea habitat hairs hybrids inflorescence infraspecific taxa interior island lacks an appendage leaf is acute lined with ribs lower pitchers lower surface maxima merrilliana midrib and tendril millimetres Mindanao mirabilis mm long montane montane forest narrow ridges naturally hybridises Nepenthes alata occur orange or red Original description ovate pedicels peristome peristome is lined petiolate Philippines pitcher narrows pitcher opening pitcher plants plant growing populations produce raceme rachis red or purple reduced to narrow singalana slopes of Mount species of Nepenthes specific epithet spur is unbranched Stewart McPherson Sulawesi Sumatra surrounding vegetation taxon teeth Tepals trap upper pitchers usually West Sumatra wild wings yellowish green