''Planta Carnivora'' is a biannual

periodical A periodical literature (also called a periodical publication or simply a periodical) is a published work that appears in a new edition on a regular schedule. The most familiar example is a newspaper, but a magazine or a journal are also examples ...

and the official publication of The Carnivorous Plant Society of the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

.Rice, B. 2010
Carnivorous Plant Society Archives
The Carnivorous Plant FAQ. rchived page from October 10, 2010/ref>The CPS Journal and Newsletter
The Carnivorous Plant Society. Typical articles include matters of horticultural interest, field reports, and news of plant discoveries. The journal was established in 1980The Carnivorous Plant Society Journal
WorldCat. and was called ''The Carnivorous Plant Society Journal'' until 2009; the following year it was combined with the society's newsletter to form ''Planta Carnivora''. Issues are published in spring and autumn.

Taxon names

The ''

nomen novum In biological nomenclature, a ''nomen novum'' (Latin for "new name"), new replacement name (or replacement name, new substitute name, substitute name) is a scientific name that is created specifically to replace another scientific name, but only w ...

'' (replacement name) ''

Nepenthes sumagaya ''Nepenthes sumagaya'' is a tropical pitcher plant native to the Philippines. It is known only from Mount Sumagaya in north-central Mindanao, where it grows in open areas at elevations from 1600 m above sea level to the summit at 2247 ...

'' was published in the Autumn 2014 issue of ''Planta Carnivora''.Cheek, M. 2014. ''Nomen novum Nepenthes''. ''Planta Carnivora'' 36(2): 44–45. Other taxa formally established in the magazine include the hybrids '' Drosera × eloisiana'', '' Sarracenia × miniata'', '' Sarracenia × slackii'', and '' Sarracenia × soperi'', as well as the

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''Nepenthes'' sect. ''Alatae'', ''Nepenthes'' sect. ''Micramphorae'', and ''Nepenthes'' sect. ''Villosae''.''Planta Carnivora''

International Plant Names Index The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) describes itself as "a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and lycophytes." Coverage of plant names is best at the rank of species and genus. It inclu ...

. The following

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, ...

names were first published in this magazine: ''Cephalotus'' 'Eden Black', ''Drosera'' 'Tamlin', ''Sarracenia'' 'Blood Sweat & Tears', ''Sarracenia'' 'Langford Williams', ''Sarracenia'' 'Melissa Mazur', ''Sarracenia'' 'Victoria Morley', and ''Utricularia'' 'Betty's Bay'.Schlauer, J. N.d
Query results: Carniv. Pl. Soc. J.
Carnivorous Plant Database.

References

* Simons, P. 1988
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'', September 8, 1988.

External links

* {{Carnivorous plant journals Magazines established in 1980 Biannual magazines published in the United Kingdom Horticultural magazines published in the United Kingdom Carnivorous plant magazines