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The Carnivorous Plant Newsletter (CPN) is the official publication of the International Carnivorous Plant Society. CPN is published in March, June, September, and December.

Features of CPN include horticultural articles, research papers, field trip reports, conservation news, book and literature reviews, communications from members, cultivar and species descriptions, and meeting announcements.

Contents of Volume 52 Number 2, June 2023

• Support the ICPS Conservation Fund — Carson Trexler
• Pinguicula lithophytica is not conspecific with Pinguicula jaraguana or a variety of Pinguicula jackii — Paul Temple and Ivan Pančo and Cristina M. Panfet Valdés and Yoannis Domínguez
• ICPS Roundtables — Kenny Coogan
• Carnivorous plants and conservation – the role of carnivorous plant enthusiasts — Andreas Fleischmann
• Education Corner: Carnivores in the Classroom update — Kenny Coogan
• New cultivars — Julien Müller and Evan Wang and Emmy Wang and Mark Rubnitz and Arlen Weng and Emanuele Melani and Lukas Mondoux and Michael Richard Sprouse and Fred Vosse and Mentaz Philippe and Guilherme Baião and Bruno Garcia

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The Carnivorous Plant Newsletter (CPN) is the official publication of the International Carnivorous Plant Society. CPN is published in March, June, September, and December.

Features of CPN include horticultural articles, research papers, field trip reports, conservation news, book and literature reviews, communications from members, cultivar and species descriptions, and meeting announcements.

Contents of Volume 52 Number 1, March 2023

• Thomas Lawrence Mellichamp, “Dr. M” — Audrey Mellichamp and Paula Gross and Carson Trexler and Tom Diggs and Peter D’Amato
• Update of 13th ICPS Conference, Himeji, Japan — Koji Kondo
• Education Corner. 3rd Annual World Carnivorous Plant Day – 3 May 2023 — Kenny Coogan
• Nepenthes berbulu (Nepenthaceae), a pitcher plant from Peninsular Malaysia with remarkably long lid bristles — Hong L. Tan and Gideon Lim and François Sockhom Mey and Michal R. Golos and Andreas Wistuba and Stewart R. McPherson and Alastair S. Robinson
• Two new natural Sarracenia hybrids from the Gulf Coast — Carson Trexler
• The times they are a-changin’ — Marcel van den Broek
• Unexpected carnivorous plant discoveries on an adventure to Cape York — Boaz Ng
• New cultivars — Fred Vosse and Olivier Bres and Riley D. Duncan

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The Carnivorous Plant Newsletter (CPN) is the official publication of the International Carnivorous Plant Society. CPN is published in March, June, September, and December.

Features of CPN include horticultural articles, research papers, field trip reports, conservation news, book and literature reviews, communications from members, cultivar and species descriptions, and meeting announcements.

Contents of Volume 51 Number 4, December 2022

• A new schedule of fees for ICPS starting February 2023 — Richard Nunn
• Observations on Cephalotus follicularis reproductive biology — John Brittnacher
• Proboscidea and Dicyphini: An example of spontaneous mutualism by a population of predatory bugs inhabiting a sticky plant — Siegfried R. H. Hartmeyer and Irmgard Hartmeyer
• The taxonomic relevance of Naphthoquinones in tropical pitcher plants (Nepenthes L., Nepenthaceae) — Jan Schlauer and Andreas Wistuba and Siegfried R. H. Hartmeyer and Irmgard Hartmeyer
• Microscopic features useful for identifying Utricularia native to the western USA, with an emphasis on the bladder quadrifid glands — Barry Rice
• Variation in Triantha occidentalis (S.Watson) R.R.Gates characteristics in California — Barry Rice
• Hunting the king – Drosera regia trip report — Hendré Barnard
• New cultivars — Mentaz Philippe and Emmy Wang and Evan Wang and Juan Camilo Páez Jiménez and Maribel Bohórquez Rodríguez and Aida Esther Jimenez and Nathan Thomas and Yang-Fang Ho

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The Carnivorous Plant Newsletter (CPN) is the official publication of the International Carnivorous Plant Society. CPN is published in March, June, September, and December.

Features of CPN include horticultural articles, research papers, field trip reports, conservation news, book and literature reviews, communications from members, cultivar and species descriptions, and meeting announcements.

Contents of Volume 51 Number 3, September 2022

• Informational email from the ICPS — John Brittnacher
• A new Drosera hybrid: Drosera xbockowskii (Droseraceae) — Bill Scholl
• An account of the antennae-flowered Utricularia of northern Australia — Richard Nunn
• Grow Genlisea so you can see the traps — John Brittnacher
• Deli display case converted into a carnivorous plant highland chamber — James Falconio
• Education Corner — Kenny Coogan
• An interview with Margaret Cho — Kenny Coogan
• New cultivars — Sunya Nuanlaong and Milan Del Buono and Howard Bramble and Pietro Falchi and Laurens Eggen and Mike Howlett and Andrés Rodrigo Caldas Enriquez
• Names of carnivorous plant cultivars registered in 2021 — Jan Schlauer

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The June 2022 issue of CPN is now out.

The Carnivorous Plant Newsletter (CPN) is the official publication of the International Carnivorous Plant Society. CPN is published in March, June, September, and December.

Features of CPN include horticultural articles, research papers, field trip reports, conservation news, book and literature reviews, communications from members, cultivar and species descriptions, and meeting announcements.

Contents of Volume 51 Number 2, June 2022

• The 13th ICPS Conference—Japan — Koji Kondo (Info | PDF)
• CPN takes another step into the digital world — John Brittnacher 
• Morphometry of shoots and flowers of Utricularia minor at a large site in the Czech Republic — Lubomír Adamec and Andrea Kučerová (Abstract | PDF)
• Drosera filiformis Raf. var. floridana Rice forma albiflora J.Ksepka f. nov — Jason Ksepka (Abstract | PDF)
• Forked leafed Drosera tracyi — Bill Scholl 
• Purple bladderworts in Quebec: Rediscovering an unusual growth strategy — Douglas W. Darnowski 
• Field notes on Triantha occidentalis subsp. brevistyla (C.L.Hitchc.) Packer in Washington, USA — Barry A. Rice 
• Captivated: The Allure of Carnivorous Plants A non-profit documentary film — Jonathan S. Kui 
• New cultivars — Giacomo Mehle and Craig Heath and Kirk Simpson and Frank Obregon and Robert Co and Daniele Righetti (Abstract | PDF)

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The March 2022 issue of CPN is now out.

The Carnivorous Plant Newsletter (CPN) is the official publication of the International Carnivorous Plant Society. CPN is published in March, June, September, and December.

Features of CPN include horticultural articles, research papers, field trip reports, conservation news, book and literature reviews, communications from members, cultivar and species descriptions, and meeting announcements.

Contents of Volume 51 Number 1, March 2022

• Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 50th Anniversary Issue — John Brittnacher 
• Posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award – Allen Lowrie — Richard Nunn (Info | PDF)
• Allen James Lowrie (10 October 1948 – 30 August 2021) — Kevin F. Kenneally (Summary | PDF)
• In memory of Allen James Lowrie (1948 – 2021) — Richard Nunn and Robert Gibson and Marcel van den Broek and Denzel Murfet and Greg Bourke and Andreas Fleischmann and Russell L. Barrett and Spot Cullen 
• The huge scientific footprint of Allen James Lowrie (1948 – 2021) — Andreas Fleischmann (Summary | PDF)
• Allen Lowrie’s definitive work on Australian Carnivorous Plants - Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus — Richard Nunn 
• New Australian Drosera taxa published since Allen Lowrie’s Magnum Opus — Thilo Alexander Krueger 
• New Australian Nepenthes taxa published since Allen Lowrie’s Magnum Opus — Richard Nunn 
• New Australian Utricularia taxa published since Allen Lowrie’s Magnum Opus — Richard Nunn 
• Cultivating kids: A passion for carnivorous plants — Evan Wang and Stephen Wang 
• Refined taxon sampling discloses new quinone patterns and relationships among Sundews (Drosera, Droseraceae) — Jan Schlauer and Andreas Fleischmann (Abstract | PDF)
• New cultivars — Dieter Blancquaert and Craig Heath and Evan Wang and Gianluca Bergamo (Abstract | PDF)

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