is a Japanese botanist and '' Nepenthes''

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whose work in the 1960s and 1970s contributed much to the current popularity of these plants.Clarke, C.M. & C.C. Lee 2004. ''Pitcher Plants of Sarawak''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu. His best-known work is the 1976 guide ''

Nepenthes of Mount Kinabalu ''Nepenthes of Mount Kinabalu'' is a monograph by Shigeo Kurata on the tropical pitcher plants of Mount Kinabalu and the surrounding area of Kinabalu National Park in Sabah, Borneo. It was published in 1976 by Sabah National Parks Trustees as th ...

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Nepenthes kurata ''Nepenthes ramos'' is a tropical pitcher plant native to the northeastern Mindanao, Philippines. It is known from only a handful of herbarium specimens collected in 1919 at an elevation of 670 m above sea level. It likely grows in the for ...

'' was named in his honour.Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Recircumscription of the ''Nepenthes alata'' group (Caryophyllales: Nepenthaceae), in the Philippines, with four new species. ''European Journal of Taxonomy'' 69: 1–23. Kurata has described a number of new ''Nepenthes'' species, including '' N. campanulata'',Kurata, S. 1973. ''Nepenthes'' from Borneo, Singapore and Sumatra. ''Gardens' Bulletin Singapore'' 26(2): 227–232. '' N. eymae'', '' N. mindanaoensis'',Kurata, S. 2001. Two new species of ''Nepenthes'' from Sumatra (Indonesia) and Mindanao (Philippines). ''Journal of the Insectivorous Plant Society (Japan)'' 52(2): 30–34. '' N. peltata'', '' N. rhombicaulis'', and '' N. saranganiensis''.Kurata, S. 2003. A new Philippine pitcher plant, the third species having a saddle-shaped stem. ''Journal of the Insectivorous Plant Society (Japan)'' 54(2): 41–44. He also described '' N. pyriformis'', which was subsequently recognised as a

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Charles Clarke Charles Rodway Clarke (born 21 September 1950) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich South from 1997 until 2010, and served as Home Secretary from December 2004 until May 2006. Early life T ...

.Clarke, C.M. 2001. ''Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia''. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu. Other natural hybrids named by Kurata include '' N. × ferrugineomarginata'', '' N. × kinabaluensis'', and '' N. × kuchingensis''.

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