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Nepenthes Alzapan
''Nepenthes alzapan'' is a tropical pitcher plant native to the Philippines, Philippine island of Luzon. It is known from only a handful of herbarium specimens collected in 1925 from submontane mossy forest at an elevation of 1800 m above sea level. It is closely allied to ''Nepenthes bellii, N. bellii'' and has similarly diminutive pitchers. The specific epithet (botany), specific epithet ''alzapan'' refers to Mount Alzapan in the Sierra Madre (Philippines), Sierra Madre mountains, from which the type material was collected. References * Mey, F.S. 2013''Nepenthes alzapan'' and an army of new species from the Philippines ''Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle'', July 15, 2013. * Smith, L. 2014 ''The Independent'', January 5, 2014. Carnivorous plants of Asia Nepenthes, alzapan Endemic flora of the Philippines Flora of Luzon Plants described in 2013 Taxa named by Martin Cheek Taxa named by Matthew Jebb {{Nepenthes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Botanical Illustration
Botanical illustration is the art of depicting the form, color, and details of plant species, frequently in watercolor paintings. They must be scientifically accurate but often also have an artistic component and may be printed with a botanical description in books, magazines, and other media or sold as a work of art. Often composed by a botanical illustrator in consultation with a scientific author, their creation requires an understanding of plant morphology and access to specimens and references. Typical illustrations are in watercolour, but may also be in oils, ink or pencil, or a combination of these. The image may be life size or not, the scale is often shown, and may show the habit and habitat of the plant, the upper and reverse sides of leaves, and details of flowers, bud, seed and root system. Botanical illustration is sometimes used as a Biological type, type for attribution of a botanical name to a taxon. The inability of botanists to conserve certain dried specimen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
