Publication history 1980–present ISSN 0260-440X | Language English Frequency Biannual | |
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Publisher The Carnivorous Plant Society (United Kingdom) | ||
Planta Carnivora is a biannual periodical and the official publication of The Carnivorous Plant Society of the United Kingdom. Typical articles include matters of horticultural interest, field reports, and news of plant discoveries. The journal was established in 1980 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.
Taxon names
The nomen novum (replacement name) Nepenthes sumagaya was published in the Autumn 2014 issue of Planta Carnivora.
The journal has established the following cultivar names: Cephalotus 'Eden Black', Drosera 'Tamlin', Sarracenia 'Blood Sweat & Tears', Sarracenia 'Langford Williams', Sarracenia 'Melissa Mazur', Sarracenia 'Victoria Morley', and Utricularia 'Betty's Bay'.