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The Newsletter presents an exciting blend of science, horticulture, and news briefs. Here are the article titles that appeared in recent issues.

Contents of the March 2013 Issue (#42:1)

  • Catapults into a deadly trap: The unique prey capture mechanism of Drosera glanduligera
  • Brief information about the species status of Utricularia cornigera Studnicka
  • Different wing in pitchers of the myrmecophagous species Sarracenia minor and S. rubra
  • New cultivars: Sarracenia ‘Purple Velvet’, Dionaea muscipula ‘Gremlin’, Dionaea muscipula ‘Ginormous’, Nepenthes ‘The Succubus’
  • Drosera anglica in Alaska

Contents of the December 2012 Issue (#41:4)

  • Drosera bicolor Lowrie & Carlquist
  • The digestive fluid of Drosera indica contains a cysteine endopeptidase (“droserain”) similar to dionain from Dionaea muscipula
  • 2012 CPN reviewers
  • In vitro rooting of Nepenthes truncata Macf.
  • Wounding and chemical treatment effects on Drosera capensis bud formation on leaf cuttings
  • Drosophyllum lusitanicum L.
  • The Roridulaceae
  • Drosera slackii Cheek
  • Germination of 22-year-old Drosophyllum lusitanicum and Byblis gigantea seeds
  • Apology
  • Mail Delays?

Contents of the September 2012 Issue (#41:3)

  • News in ecophysiological research on aquatic Utricularia traps
  • Nutrient stoichiometry of Nepenthes species from a Bornean peat swamp forest
  • Drosera regia Stephens
  • A surprise in the gloaming: A field observation at Splinter Hill Bog Preserve, Alabama
  • Drosera burmannii: A carnivorous plant species from eastern Ghats of India
  • New cultivars: Dionaea muscipula ‘Blanche Hermine’, Sarracenia ‘Jeremy’, S. ‘Illuminated Hut’, S. ‘Pomegranate’, S. ‘Saxapahaw’
  • Literature reviews
  • Book review: Australian Carnivorous Plants

Contents of the June 2012 Issue (#41:2)

Contents of the March 2012 Issue (#41:1)

  • 2012 ICPS Conference update
  • Mycorrhizal formation by various carnivorous plants
  • Mineral nutrition in hydroponically-grown Pinguicula
  • An improved mineral nutrient solution for the in vitro propagation of Pinguicula species
  • Fishing spiders in the hanging stomachs of Borneo
  • Carnivorous plant cultivar names registered in 2011
  • Drosera cistiflora L.
  • New cultivars: Dionaea ‘Scarlatine’ (English: D. ‘Scarlet Fever’), Sarracenia purpurea ‘Phoenix’, Sarracenia ‘Zjahnine’
  • A case of bird capture by a cultivated specimen of the hybrid Nepenthes x mixta
  • Utricularia humboldtii Schomb

Contents of the December 2011 Issue (#40:4)

  • Drosera × hybrida rest in peace
  • Chasing Nepenthes on Cape York, Queensland
  • Comparison of Byblis ‘Goliath’ (B. filifolia), Byblis ‘David’ (B. liniflora), and their putative fertile hybrid
  • New cultivars: Sarracenia ‘Deep Throat’, Sarracenia ‘Gorey’, Sarracenia ‘Leo Song’, Sarracenia ‘Red and White’, Sarracenia ‘Seurat’, Dionaea ‘JA1’
  • Literature reviews
  • 2012 ICPS Conference poster

Contents of the September 2011 Issue (#40:3)

  • Utricularia humboldtii seed longevity
  • Natural abundance of stable isotopes reveals the diversity of carnivorous plant diets
  • Tuberous organs in Utricularia, and new observations of sub-tuberous stolons on Utricularia radiata Small
  • ICPS 2011 conservation report
  • New cultivars: Dionaea ‘Fondue’, Sarracenia ‘Godzuki’, Utricularia ‘Merrie Heart’
  • Unusual aspects of phytocenology of Drosera rotundifolia L. (Droseraceae Salisb.) in Central Russia
  • News and views
  • ICPS conference 2012 poster

Contents of the June 2011 Issue (#40:2)

  • Flower studies do not support subspecies within Pinguicula macroceras
  • Pinguicula in the shadow of Mount Shasta, California
  • The Savage Garden: “The creation and early evolution of CPN”
  • Carnivorous plant protection project in Korea
  • A vacationer’s guide to carnivorous plant locations
  • Fluorescence tagging of phosphatase and chitinase activity on different structures of Utricularia traps
  • Reviews

Contents of the March 2011 Issue (#40:1)

Contents of the December 2010 Issue (#39:4)

  • Seed bank
  • The 8th ICPS Conference in Leiden
  • Snap-tentacles and runway lights: Summary of comparative examination of Drosera tentacles
  • Prey preference in Genlisea small crustaceans, not protozoa
  • New cultivars: Pinguicula ‘Johanna’ (Pinguicula agnata × debbertiana), Dionaea muscipula ‘Coquillage’, Dionaea muscipula ‘Alien’, Sarracenia ‘Johnny Marr’
  • The Savage Garden: “The legacy of Paul Zahl”
  • Web Wanderings – Botanicus (www.botanicus.org) and the Species Plantarum
  • 2010 index of contributors

Contents of the September 2010 Issue (#39:3)

  • Exciting conservation news: The Rare Nepenthes Collection Project!
  • ICPS Sarracenia alabamensis conservation in action!
  • Propagation of Triphyophyllum peltatum (Dioncophyllaceae) and observations on its carnivory
  • New cultivars:Dionaea ‘Mirror’, Sarracenia ‘Mountain Splendor’, Pinguicula Harry Tongue Group, Pinguicula ‘Jannes’, Pinguicula ‘Bettie’
  • Terahertz and infrared spectra of plumbagin, juglone, and menadione
  • Nepenthes palawanensis: Another new species of giant pitcher plant from the Philippines
  • Noteworthy collections: Florida
  • News and views
  • Looking back: CPN 25 years ago
  • ICPS seed bank

Contents of the June 2010 Issue (#39:2)

  • ICPS seed bank
  • New cultivars: Dionaea ‘Korrigans’, Dionaea ‘Scarlet Bristle’, Sarracenia :‘French Kiss’, Sarracenia ‘Orange Fire’, Sarracenia ‘Bordeaux Red Wine’, Sarracenia ‘Přemysl Otakar I’, Sarracenia ‘Rudolf II’, Byblis liniflora ‘David’, Dionaea ‘Korean Melody Shark’
  • Nomenclature of the Drosera anglica complex revisited
  • The Savage Garden: “Lloydie”
  • Carnivorous plant systematics
  • Comparative morphological studies of transplant Sarracenia purpurea L. (Sarraceniaceae) populations in Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania
  • Observation of reproductive organs of Sarraceniaceae with SEM LV model
  • Book Review
  • Names of cultivars registered in 2009

Contents of the March 2010 Issue (#39:1)

  • Note from the Editor
  • 8th ICPS Conference in August 2010!
  • Conservation issues at the Watson Pinelands Preserve, Tyler County, Texas
  • Looking Back: CPN 25 years ago
  • Carnivorous plant systematics
  • ICPS seed bank
  • Growing Heliamphora indoors year-round
  • The Savage Garden: "By the light of the silvery moon"
  • 2009 Index of Contributors

Contents of the December 2009 Issue (#38:4)

  • News and Views
  • CPN 25 years ago
  • Nepenthes attenboroughii: A new species of giant pitcher plant from the Philippines
  • Nepenthes alba and Nepenthes gracillima
  • Photosynthetic CO2 affinity of aquatic carnivorous plants growing under nearly-natural conditions and in vitro
  • The natural behavior of Drosera: Sundews do not catch insects on purpose
  • Drosera x fontinalis (Droseraceae), the first natural sundew hybrid from South America
  • Literature reviews
  • ICPS seed bank

Contents of the September 2009 Issue (#38:3)

  • Splinter Hill Reserve, an in-depth look
  • Ecophysiological investigation on Drosophyllum lusitanicum: Why doesn’t the plant dry out?
  • Comparative studies on the acid proteinase activities in the digestive fluids of Nepenthes, Cephalotus, Dionaea, and Drosera
  • Pinguicula elongata of Colombia
  • Drosera macrantha subsp. eremaea
  • News and Views
  • 8th ICPS Conference in August 2010!
  • New cultivars: Sarracenia 'Jessica'
  • The Savage Garden: Temporary, public displays
  • ICPS seed bank
  • Literature reviews

Contents of the June 2009 Issue (#38:2)

  • Letter from the editor
  • Soil fertilization of Sarracenia seedlings
  • An informal field study of some Nepenthes habitats
  • The folklore of man-eating plants
  • Board member election
  • The Venusian lizard trap
  • New cultivars: Sarracenia ‘Kilimanjaro’, Sarracenia ‘Tapestry’, Sarracenia ‘Opawa Emperor’
  • News and views
  • ICPS seed bank
  • News from the field
  • The savage garden: Barry and Beth’s misguided adventures with SUPERthrive™
  • Literature Reviews

Contents of the March 2009 Issue (#38:1)

  • Letter from the editor
  • A new variety of Drosera spatulata (Droseraceae) from Sarawak, Borneo
  • News and views
  • Brocchinia reducta light preferences
  • New cultivars: Byblis ‘Goliath’, Nepenthes maxima ‘Lake Poso’, Sarracenia ‘Reptilian Rose’, Sarracenia ‘Black Widow’, Sarracenia ‘Royal Ruby’, Sarracenia ‘Alucard’
  • Pinguicula planifolia submersion technique
  • Looking for horticultural effects of SUPERthrive™ on Nepenthes
  • From the board: Splinter Hill Bog update
  • CPN 25 years ago
  • Literature reviews
  • Names of cultivars registered in 2008
  • Instructions to authors
  • ICPS seed bank

Contents of the December 2008 Issue (#37:4)

  • Finally, some time to enjoy my plants!
  • Observations of isolated Pinguicula populations in the western USA
  • New cultivars: Utricularia alpina x humboldtii ‘Nüdlinger Flair’
  • Book review: Miraculum Naturae: Venus’s Flytrap
  • New names for natural hybrids in Sarracenia
  • A nomenclaturally acceptable rank for the sundew epithet “obovata
  • Further comments on fauna trapped by Eucnide urens (Parry ex Gray) Parry
  • News and Views
  • Literature reviews
  • Book review: Glistening Carnivores - the Sticky-Leaved Insect-Eating Plants
  • Seed bank
  • Index of contributors

Contents of the September 2008 Issue (#37:3)

Contents of the June 2008 Issue (#37:2)

Contents of the March 2008 Issue (#37:1)

  • Seed bank
  • Utricularia (Lentibulariaceae) of Iran
  • Book review: The curious world of carnivorous plants
  • Looking back: CPN 25 years ago
  • Floral dimorphism in Utricularia janarthanamii
  • Conference announcement
  • Reassessing commensal-enabled carnivory in Proboscidea and Ibicella?
  • Literature reviews
  • Names of cultivars registered in 2007
  • New cultivars: Dionaea muscipula 'Microdents', Drosera 'Ivan's Paddle', Pinguicula 'Down Under'
  • A Sarracenia purpurea population in a peatland of southern New Hampshire
  • Instructions to authors

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