The Journal of Insectivorous Plant Society

The Journal of Insectivorous Plant Society (食虫植物研究会々誌, Shokuchūshokubutsu kenkyū-kai kaishi) is a quarterly Japanese-language periodical and the official publication of the Insectivorous Plant Society of Japan.[1] The journal was established in January 1950.[2] As of 2010, it was published in A4 format[3] and totals around 120 pages annually.[1] The English title has been used alongside the original Japanese one from the April 1986 issue onwards.[4]

The Journal of Insectivorous Plant Society

Volume 55, issue 1 (January 2004)
Discipline	Botany
Language	Japanese
Publication details
History	1950–present
Publisher	Insectivorous Plant Society (Japan)
Frequency	Quarterly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4	J. Insectivorous Plant Soc.
Indexing
ISSN	0286-6102
OCLC no.	28858571
Links
Journal homepage

Typical articles include matters of horticultural interest, field reports, literature reviews, and new taxon and cultivar descriptions.[2] They are usually entirely in Japanese,[2] although species descriptions may also be in English.[5][6]

Taxon descriptions

The Journal of Insectivorous Plant Society has published formal descriptions of the following taxa.[7]

Nepenthes Nepenthes eymae (as N. eymai)[8] Nepenthes × ferrugineomarginata Nepenthes × kinabaluensis Nepenthes × kuchingensis Nepenthes maxima f. undulata Nepenthes mindanaoensis Nepenthes peltata Nepenthes × pyriformis (as a species)[9] Nepenthes rubromaculata (later homonym)[8] Nepenthes saranganiensis Utricularia Utricularia linearis[6] Utricularia ramosissima[5] (regarded as a synonym of Utricularia geoffrayi)

Cultivars The journal also published the following Nepenthes cultivar names of the 'Koto' series by K. Kawase.[7] Nepenthes 'Accentual Koto' Nepenthes 'Dashy Koto' Nepenthes 'Dinkum Koto' Nepenthes 'Dreamy Koto' Nepenthes 'Easeful Koto' Nepenthes 'Ecstatic Koto' Nepenthes 'Emotional Koto' Nepenthes 'Facile Koto'

References

1. Rice, B. 2010. Carnivorous Plant Society Archives. The Carnivorous Plant FAQ. [archived page from October 10, 2010]
2. About IPS, Japan Archived September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Yoshiyuki Sodekawa's personal website.
3. (in Japanese) 食虫植物研究会 The Insectivorous Plant Society (IPS, Japan) の御案内. Insectivorous Plant Society.
4. Shokuchū Shokubutsu Kenkyūkai kaishi. WorldCat.
5. Wakabayashi, H. 2010. "Utricularia ramosissima (Lentibulariaceae), a new species from north-eastern Thailand" (PDF). The Journal of Insectivorous Plant Society 61(2): 33–38.
6. Wakabayashi, H. 2010. "Utricularia linearis (Lentibulariaceae), a new species from the Howard Springs, Northern Territory, Australia" (PDF). The Journal of Insectivorous Plant Society 61(4): 88–92.
7. Schlauer, J. N.d. Query results: J. Insectiv. Pl. Soc.. Carnivorous Plant Database.
8. Cheek, M.R. & M.H.P. Jebb 2001. Nepenthaceae. Flora Malesiana 15: 1–157.
9. Kurata, S. 2001. Two new species of Nepenthes from Sumatra (Indonesia) and Mindanao (Philippines). The Journal of Insectivorous Plant Society 52(2): 30–34.

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Complete article index (1950–2007) (in Japanese)
• Overview of issues from January 2000 to January 2004 (in Japanese)