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and

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s of the genus ''

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''. It was published in the May 1997 issue of the

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''.Jebb, M.H.P. & M.R. Cheek 1997. A skeletal revision of ''Nepenthes'' (Nepenthaceae). ''Blumea'' 42(1): 1–106. The work represented the first revision of the entire genus since

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's 1908 monograph.Clarke, C.M. 2001. ''

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''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu. Jebb and Cheek's revision was based on "collaborative work by both authors since 1984, largely on

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". It was a precursor to their more exhaustive 2001 monograph, " Nepenthaceae".Schlauer, J. 1998. Literature Reviews. ''

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'' 27(3): 75.

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The authors recognised 82 species, including six described for the first time: '' N. argentii'', '' N. aristolochioides'', '' N. danseri'', '' N. diatas'', '' N. lamii'', and '' N. murudensis''. Additionally, '' N. macrophylla'' was raised to a species from infraspecific rank. Jebb and Cheek also included five "little known taxa": '' N. deaniana'', '' N. junghuhnii'', ''N. melamphora'' var. ''lucida'', '' N. neglecta'', and '' N. smilesii''. Three taxa were excluded: '' N. cincta'', '' N. cristata'', and '' N. lindleyana''. Three widespread

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s were also covered. Jebb and Cheek revised several of the taxonomic determinations made in B. H. Danser's influential 1928 monograph, "

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". This included the recognition of '' N. eustachya'', '' N. hispida'', '' N. ramispina'', and '' N. sumatrana'' as distinct species, whereas previously they had been treated as

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s of '' N. alata'', '' N. hirsuta'', '' N. gracillima'', and '' N. treubiana'', respectively. Jebb and Cheek also reduced Danser's '' N. carunculata'' to '' N. bongso'' and '' N. leptochila'' to '' N. hirsuta''. A number of more recently described species were also sunk in synonymy, including '' N. faizaliana'' and '' N. sandakanensis'' to synonyms of '' N. stenophylla'', '' N. longifolia'' to a synonym of '' N. sumatrana'', '' N. talangensis'' to a synonym of '' N. bongso'', '' N. tenuis'' to a synonym of '' N. dubia'', and '' N. xiphioides'' to a synonym of '' N. pectinata''. The authors also lectotypified a number of names. ''

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'' by

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was published in the same year as Jebb and Cheek's revision. Unlike the latter work, however, it was primarily an ecological monograph and did not attempt to provide an alternative taxonomic interpretation of the

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(with the exception of treating '' N. borneensis'' in synonymy with '' N. boschiana'' and retaining '' N. faizaliana'' as a distinct species). However, several of the taxonomic revisions made by Jebb and Cheek were reversed in Clarke's subsequent monograph, ''

'', published in 2001.

Reviews

Taxonomist

Jan Schlauer Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Numb ...

reviewed "A skeletal revision of ''Nepenthes'' (Nepenthaceae)" in the September 1998 issue of the ''

''.

The paper is a must for all interested seriously in the taxonomy of Nepenthes, and it is another important step towards an improvement of Danser's classical treatment. However, several debatable points have to be clarified previous to the completion of the Flora Malesiana account.

Schlauer disagreed with Jebb and Cheek's synonymisation of '' N. talangensis'' with '' N. bongso'' and their interpretation of '' N. stenophylla'', which, according to Schlauer, served to perpetuate "Danser's misconception". "A skeletal revision of ''Nepenthes'' (Nepenthaceae)" was also reviewed by Zdeněk Žáček in a 1997 issue of '' Trifid''. Žáček, Z. 1997
Recenze - A skeletal revision of ''Nepenthes'' (Nepenthaceae)
'' Trifid'' 1997(3–4): 76–77.
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