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Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of the Philippines

by Stewart McPherson and Victor Amoroso
ISBN: 978-0-9558918-8-5
Pages: 60
Images: 90
Page Size: 180 x 250 mm
Cover: Soft

NOTE signed copies will be shipped out on December 12th 2011. Unsigned copies will be shipped immediately.

Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of the Philippines is a beautiful and colourful overview of the twenty seven species of Philippine pitcher plants (Nepenthes) – a spectacular and . Several species featured in this work have been discovered only in the last two years and are documented here for the very first time.

This lavishly illustrated guide book consists of a short introduction to Nepenthes, followed by an overview of the species known from the Philippines (complete with full page map). Each species is then profiled over two pages with the use of three images (most of which have never been published before) and a brief, but detailed text summary written in clear, easy-to-understand English. Concluding sections cover Nepenthes hybrids, conservation of Philippine pitcher plants, Bibliography, Index and About the Authors.

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The species documented in this work are:

Nepenthes alata
Nepenthes argentii
Nepenthes attenboroughii
Nepenthes bellii
Nepenthes burkei
Nepenthes ceciliae ined.
Nepenthes copelandii
Nepenthes deaniana
Nepenthes gantungensis
Nepenthes hamiguitanensis
Nepenthes leonardoi
Nepenthes mantalingajanensis
Nepenthes merrilliana
Nepenthes micramphora
Nepenthes mindanaoensis
Nepenthes mira
Nepenthes mirabilis
Nepenthes palawanensis
Nepenthes peltata
Nepenthes petiolata
Nepenthes philippinensis
Nepenthes pulchra ined.
Nepenthes saranganiensis
Nepenthes sibuyanensis
Nepenthes surigaoensis
Nepenthes truncata
Nepenthes ventricosa

Signed copies bear the signature of Stewart McPherson handwritten in silver ink on the inside cover.
 

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