Nepenthes of Borneo

Nepenthes of Borneo is a monograph by Charles Clarke on the tropical pitcher plants of Borneo.[1][2] It was first published in 1997 by Natural History Publications (Borneo), and reprinted in 2006.[1] Clarke describes it as "primarily an ecological monograph".[3]

Nepenthes of Borneo
Cover of first edition, showing N. rajah
AuthorCharles Clarke
LanguageEnglish
PublisherNatural History Publications (Borneo)
Publication date
1997 (reprinted in 2006)
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pagesxii + 207
ISBN983-812-015-4
OCLC475095167

Content

The book describes and illustrates 31 species in detail. A further two "undescribed and incompletely diagnosed taxa" are included: Nepenthes sp. A (possibly a form of N. fusca)[1] and Nepenthes sp. B (later described as N. hurrelliana).[4] Six taxa are also covered under "dubious species and erroneous records": N. alata, N. gymnamphora, N. macfarlanei, and N. maxima (which are all shown to be absent from the island); N. sp. "elegance" (which is recognised as a variety of N. rafflesiana, was later described by Clarke and colleagues as N. baramensis,[5] and is now recognised as N. hemsleyana[6]); and N. neglecta (which Clarke suggests is a natural hybrid between N. gracilis and N. mirabilis). The monograph also provides brief descriptions of 16 selected natural hybrids.[1]

The taxonomy presented in Nepenthes of Borneo almost wholly agrees with that of Matthew Jebb and Martin Cheek's 1997 monograph, "A skeletal revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae)". Clarke makes only two major revisions: restoring N. faizaliana as a distinct species and sinking N. borneensis in synonymy with N. boschiana.[1][7]

In the book's preface, Clarke writes:[1]

My aim is to provide a balanced, first-hand account of the plants in an ecological context, partly based on the research I performed on them in Brunei in 1989 and 1990. This information is intended to complement the recent taxonomic revision of Nepenthes by M. Jebb and M. Cheek.

Species

The following taxa are covered in the book, with 31 recognised as valid species.

  1. N. albomarginata
  2. N. ampullaria
  3. N. bicalcarata
  4. N. boschiana
  5. N. burbidgeae
  6. N. campanulata
  7. N. clipeata
  8. N. edwardsiana
  9. N. ephippiata
  10. N. faizaliana
  11. N. fusca
  12. N. gracilis
  13. N. hirsuta
  14. N. hispida
  15. N. lowii
  16. N. macrophylla
  17. N. macrovulgaris
  18. N. mapuluensis
  19. N. mirabilis
  20. N. mollis
  21. N. muluensis
  22. N. murudensis
  23. N. northiana
  24. N. pilosa
  25. N. rafflesiana
  26. N. rajah
  27. N. reinwardtiana
  28. N. stenophylla
  29. N. tentaculata
  30. N. veitchii
  31. N. villosa
Dubious species and erroneous records
  1. N. alata
  2. N. sp. "elegance" (N. hemsleyana)
  3. N. gymnamphora
  4. N. macfarlanei
  5. N. maxima
  6. N. neglecta
Undescribed and incompletely diagnosed taxa
  1. N. sp. A (?N. fusca)
  2. N. sp. B (N. hurrelliana)

Reviews

Barry Meyers-Rice reviewed Nepenthes of Borneo in the December 1998 issue of the Carnivorous Plant Newsletter. He described the work as a "good, solid book that treats its subject very well".[8] Rice praised the publication's habitat photographs and wrote that the "[c]ontent that really makes this book interesting and different from other carnivorous plant books is its emphasis on the context of Nepenthes in its natural habitat".[8]

Nepenthes of Borneo was also reviewed by Miroslav Holub and Zdeněk Žáček in a 1998 issue of Trifid[9] and Martin Spousta in a 2008 issue of Trifid Interinfo.[10]

References
  1. Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
  2. Clarke, C.M. 2002. Nepenthes of Borneo. Victorian Carnivorous Plant Society Journal 65: 19.
  3. Clarke, C.M. 2001. Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
  4. Cheek, M., M. Jebb, C.C. Lee, A. Lamb & A. Phillipps. 2003. Nepenthes hurrelliana (Nepenthaceae), a new species of pitcher plant from Borneo. Sabah Parks Nature Journal 6: 117–124.
  5. Clarke, C., J.A. Moran & C.C. Lee 2011. Nepenthes baramensis (Nepenthaceae) – a new species from north-western Borneo . Blumea 56(3): 229–233. doi:10.3767/000651911X607121
  6. Scharmann, M. & T.U. Grafe 2013. Reinstatement of Nepenthes hemsleyana (Nepenthaceae), an endemic pitcher plant from Borneo, with a discussion of associated Nepenthes taxa. Blumea 58(1): 8–12. doi:10.3767/000651913X668465
  7. Kurata, S. 2002. "Revision trial in recent enumeration of Nepenthes species" (PDF). Proceedings of the 4th International Carnivorous Plant Conference: 111–116.
  8. Meyers-Rice, B. 1998. Book Review. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 27(4): 115.
  9. (in Czech) Holub, M. & Z. Žáček 1998. Recenze - Nová kniha o láčkovkách Bornea v knihovně Darwiniany. Trifid 1998(1): 23–27. (page 2, page 3, page 4, page 5)
  10. (in Czech) Spousta, M. 2008. Knihovník doporučuje: Charles Clarke - Nepenthes of Borneo. Trifid Interinfo 2008(2): 8.
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