New Nepenthes pitcher named after Sir Dave.

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New Nepenthes pitcher named after Sir Dave.

Post by Horwood Beer-Master » Wed Aug 12, 2009 9:58 pm

Giant 'meat-eating' plant found
the BBC wrote:A new species of giant carnivorous plant has been discovered in the highlands of the central Philippines.
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The team has placed type specimens of the new species in the herbarium of the Palawan State University, and have named the plant Nepenthes attenboroughii after broadcaster and natural historian David Attenborough.
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Pitcher plants are cool.
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Re: New Nepenthes pitcher named after Sir Dave.

Post by Trolldor » Sat Aug 15, 2009 2:29 am

To discover that many new species of plant in one trek.
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Rat-eating plant discovered and named after Attenborough.

Post by GeneticJen » Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:46 pm

http://philippinenativeplants.org/site/ ... l_2009.pdf
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