The ''Bulletin of the Australian Carnivorous Plant Society'' was a quarterly

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and the official publication of the Australian Carnivorous Plant Society.Rice, B. 2010
Carnivorous Plant Society Archives
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. Australian Carnivorous Plant Society. as ''Bulletin / South Australian Carnivorous Plant Society'',Bulletin / South Australian Carnivorous Plant Society
WorldCat. it continued publication until 2003.Bulletin Contents
. Australian Carnivorous Plant Society. In a special general meeting of society members, in September 2004, it was decided the bulletin would cease publication. Typical articles included matters of horticultural interest, field reports, literature reviews, and scientific studies. The headquarters was in

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Taxon names

The bulletin published a number of taxonomic changes by botanist

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, including the transfer of '' Utricularia westonii'' to the genus '' Polypompholyx'' and the reduction of '' Drosera praefolia'' to a

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of ''

Drosera whittakeri ''Drosera whittakeri'' (scented sundew, Whittaker's sundew) is a sundew that is native to South Australia and Victoria. Description Plants are 4 to 8 cm in diameter, with broadly spathulate leaves arranged in a rosette. These may be green, ...

''.Schlauer, J. N.d
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Carnivorous Plant Database. The bulletin also originated the names '' Drosera henryana'' (a ''

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'' for the hybrid '' D. capensis'' × '' D. aliciae'') and ''Sarracenia leucophylla'' var. ''pubescens'' (also a ''nomen nudum''). The bulletin originated the

cultivar A cultivar is a type of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and when propagated retain those traits. Methods used to propagate cultivars include: division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue culture, ...

name ''Nepenthes'' 'Fulgent Koto' and provided descriptions for the cultivars ''Nepenthes'' 'Aichi', ''Nepenthes'' 'Nagoya', ''Nepenthes'' 'Suzue Kondo', and ''Nepenthes'' 'Tokuyoshi Kondo'.

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