N. attenboroughii--BBC Earthnews

[Michael]

A friend guided my web wanderings to the BBC this morning and story about Nepenthes attenboroughii.

news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8195000/8195029.stm

[ICPS-bob]

The technical paper describing Nepenthes attenboroughii (A.S.Rob., S.McPherson & V.Heinrich) is:

Robinson, A.S., A.S. Fleischmann, S.R. McPherson, V.B. Heinrich, E.P. Gironella & C.Q. Peña. 2009. A spectacular new species of Nepenthes L. (Nepenthaceae) pitcher plant from central Palawan, Philippines. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 159(2): 195–202.

www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122221934/abstract?

[rsivertsen]

McPherson's discovery of a new Drosera species in the Philippines is just as exciting: www.redfernnaturalhistory.com/drosera_sp