Planta Carnivora

Planta Carnivora

Discipline	Botany
Language	English
Publication details
History	1980–present
Publisher	The Carnivorous Plant Society (United Kingdom)
Frequency	Biannual
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Planta Carniv.
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ISSN	0260-440X
OCLC no.	13024012
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Planta Carnivora is a biannual periodical and the official publication of The Carnivorous Plant Society of the United Kingdom.^[1][2] Typical articles include matters of horticultural interest, field reports, and news of plant discoveries. The journal was established in 1980^[3] 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.^[2]

The nomen novum (replacement name) Nepenthes sumagaya was published in the Autumn 2014 issue of Planta Carnivora.^[4] Other taxa formally established in the magazine include the hybrids Drosera × eloisiana, Sarracenia × miniata, Sarracenia × slackii, and Sarracenia × soperi, as well as the sections Nepenthes sect. Alatae, Nepenthes sect. Micramphorae, and Nepenthes sect. Villosae.^[5]

The following cultivar 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'.^[6]

• Simons, P. 1988. Join the amateurs. New Scientist, September 8, 1988.

• Official website