Nepenthaceae (1873 Monograph)

"Nepenthaceae" is a monograph by Joseph Dalton Hooker on the tropical pitcher plants of the genus '' Nepenthes''. Hooker, J.D. 1873. Ordo CLXXV bis. Nepenthaceæ. In: A. de Candolle ''Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis'' 17: 90–105. It was published in 1873 in the seventeenth and final volume of Augustin Pyramus de Candolle's ''Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis'', which was edited by Augustin's son, Alphonse. The monograph focused primarily on new discoveries from northern Borneo.McPherson, S.R. 2009. ''Pitcher Plants of the Old World''. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.Clarke, C.M. 2001. ''Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu. Unlike most major works on ''Nepenthes'', it included no illustrations.

Content

Published only a year after Ernst Wunschmann's " Über die Gattung ''Nepenthes''", Hooker's monograph expanded the number of known species considerably. Hooker recognised 33 species, including 7 described for the first time: '' N. bicalcarata'', '' N. celebica'' (later synonymised with '' N. maxima''), '' N. echinostoma'' (later reduced to a variety of '' N. mirabilis''), '' N. hirsuta'', '' N. khasiana'', '' N. tentaculata'', and '' N. vieillardii''. '' Nepenthes blancoi'' and '' N. maxima'' were listed as "''species non satis notæ''" (little known species), while '' N. cristata'' was included under "''species admodum dubia''" (very doubtful species). Hooker also described 5 varieties: ''N. albomarginata'' var. ''villosa'', ''N. boschiana'' var. ''lowii'' (later described as '' N. stenophylla''), ''N. phyllamphora'' var. ''macrantha'' (later synonymised with '' N. mirabilis''),Cheek, M.R. & M.H.P. Jebb 2001. Nepenthaceae. ''Flora Malesiana'' 15: 1–157. ''N. rafflesiana'' var. ''glaberrima'', and ''N. rafflesiana'' var. ''nivea''. Most of these varieties are not considered to be of taxonomic value today. Hooker's concept of '' N. rafflesiana'' encompassed both ''N. rafflesiana'' and '' N. × hookeriana'' (the natural hybrid between '' N. ampullaria'' and ''N. rafflesiana'').

The manuscript of Hooker's monograph formed the basis for an article by Maxwell T. Masters published in the April 20, 1872 issue of '' The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette''.Masters, M.T. 1872
The cultivated species of ''Nepenthes''.
''The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette'' 1872(16): 540–542. A number of Hooker's names appeared there for the first time, including the two varieties of ''N. rafflesiana'' and one of ''N. albomarginata''; the as yet undescribed ''N. khasiana'' was included under the spelling ''N. khasyana''.

Species

The following taxa are covered in the monograph, with 33 recognised as valid species (including two little known ones).

# '' N. alata''
# '' N. albomarginata''
##var. ''villosa''
# '' N. ampullaria''
# '' N. bicalcarata''
# '' N. bongso''
# '' N. boschiana''
## var. ''lowii''
## var. ''sumatrana''
# '' N. celebica''
# '' N. distillatoria''
# '' N. echinostoma''
# '' N. edwardsiana''
# '' N. eustachya''
# '' N. gracilis''
# '' N. hirsuta''
# '' N. kennedyana''
# '' N. khasiana''
# '' N. lowii''
# '' N. madagascariensis''
# '' N. melamphora''
##var. ''haematamphora''
##? var. ''lucida''
# '' N. pervillei''
# '' N. phyllamphora''
##var. ''macrantha''
# '' N. rafflesiana''
##var. ''glaberrima''
##var. ''nivea''
# '' N. rajah''
# '' N. reinwardtiana''
# '' N. sanguinea''
# '' N. tentaculata''
##? var. "''foliis basi longe decurrentibus''"
# '' N. teysmanniana''
# '' N. trichocarpa''
##var. ''erythrosticta''
# '' N. veitchii''
# '' N. ventricosa''
# '' N. vieillardii''
# '' N. villosa''

;''Species non satis notæ''
# '' N. blancoi''
# '' N. maxima''

;''Species admodum dubia''
# '' N. cristata''

Infrageneric classification

Hooker attempted the first infrageneric classification of the genus, dividing it into two sections. He placed '' N. pervillei'' in the monotypic ''Anourosperma'', distinguishing it on the basis of its round seeds. All other species were subsumed in the second section, ''Eunepenthes''. This classification would be expanded upon in the 1895 monograph of Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, " Die Gattung ''Nepenthes''", Beck, G. 1895. Die Gattung ''Nepenthes''. ''Wiener Illustrirte Garten-Zeitung'' 20(3–6): 96–107, 141–150, 182–192, 217–229. and the 1936 work of Hermann Harms, " Nepenthaceae".Harms, H. 1936. Nepenthaceae. In: A. Engler & K. Prantl. ''Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien'', 2 aufl. band 17b.

References

External links

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