>I am currently working on 2 projects:
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>2. A complete set of botanical descriptions of each of the species of
>Nepenthes.
It seems this is rather close to the project by Matthew JEBB and Martin
CHEEK (hi, Matthew and Martin!) for Flora Malesiana. Be sure to avoid
unnecessary duplicate work!
>Here is a list of plants for which I haven't yet found descriptions, nor
>have a good enough representative in my meager collection.
There is a list of publications concerning the original descriptions of cps
(yes, I am -again- referring to my synopsis; well, if noone else does...).
You may check this first.
I do have some of the literature as xeroxes. Please indicate which you need
(i.e. which you are not able to obtain via interlibrary loan). I will try
to tie up a bundle for you.
>i.e., burkei vs ventricosa: difference in number of veins on the lid as
>well as variation in the mouth shape, (is that enough?)
Well, there are differences in pitcher shape, too. But I am not really sure
if _N.burkei_ is not a hybrid involving _N.ventricosa_.
>-or- anamensis
>vs. kampotiana and geoffrayi, aren't they merely geographically distinct
>populations of the same species?
Not even geographically distinct! N.kampotiana & geoffrayi are based on
material not only colected the same day at the same locality but even with
interdigitating (!) collection numbers. Some material of which being so
similar that it could be different fragments of a single individual. These
all are to be united under _N.anamensis_ as the first valid name (publ. in
prep.).
> There are 25 or so that I havenUt been able to find described. They are
>as follows:
Many of these have been described, actually:
> N. adnata Tamin & Hotta (described in 1986)
I have a xerox (=hax).
Validated in 1994 by (Joe NERZ & yours truly). hax.
> N. anamensis Macfarlane 1908
hax.
> N. bellii Kondo 1969
hax.
> N. borneensis Adam & Wilc. 1989
hax.
> N. burkei Masters 1889
hax.
> N. campanulata Kurata 1973
hax.
> N. deaniana Macfarlane 1908
hax.
> N. densiflora Danser 1940
hax.
> N. glabrata Turnb. & Middle. 1984
hax
>(aka N. rubro-maculata, illegal)
Legal but illegitimate (later homonym). BTW, the hyphen is an orthographic
error. hax.
> N. hamata Turnb. & Middle. 1984
hax.
>(aka N. dentata)
hax.
> N. khasiana Hook. f. 1873
hax.
> N. macrophylla Marabini 1994
Not yet validated at specific rank. hax.
> N. mapuluensis Adam & Wilc. 1990
hax.
> N. muluensis Hotta 1966
hax.
> N. pervillei Blume 1852
hax.
> N. philippinensis Macf. 1908
hax.
> N. rhombicaulis Kurata 1973
hax.
> N. spathulata Danser 1935
hax.
> N. thorelii Lecomte 1909
hax.
> N. truncata Macfarlane 1911
hax.
> N. ventricosa Blanco 1837
hax.
>I would especially like to hear from J. Schauer
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(you do not mean me <Jan Sch*l*auer>, do you?) 8-)
Kind regards
Jan