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Deletion of Cephalotus Follicularis from Appendix II
Prop. 11.6 CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA A. PROPOSAL Deletion of Cephalotus follicularis from Appendix II. B. PROPONENT Commonwealth of Australia (Environment Australia) C. SUPPORTING STATEMENT The monotypic genus Cephalotus is an insectivorous plant endemic to south western Australia. It occurs on wetland margins throughout the southwest corner of Western Australia. This portion of Western Australia has a high rainfall and as a result there are extensive areas of suitable habitat, especially on the south coastal plain. Within its range are large areas of government owned forests, National Parks and other reserves where the species is common and is likely to occur in vast numbers. The species is easily propagated from small segments of rhizomes and, as a result, it is commonly traded and is widely cultivated. Morphological variation in wild populations is not evident. As the species is easily propagated, it is unlikely that cultivated stocks are derived from wild collections. Cephalotus follicularis has been identified by the CITES Plants Committee under the Ten Year Review as a candidate for deletion from Appendix II as there has been no recorded trade in wild taken specimens since the species was listed. The proposal received full endorsement of the 5th meeting of the CITES Plants Committee in Mexico, May 1994. 1. Taxonomy 1.1. Class Magnoliatae 1.2. Order Rosales 1.3. Family Cephalotaceae 1.4. Genus/species Cephalotus follicularis Labillardière 1806 1.5. Common name Western Australian pitcher plant; Albany pitcher plant 2. Biological data 2.1. Distribution The area of distribution ranges over 400 km from NW to SE and corresponds with the meso- mediterranean climate of the extreme south western part of Australia. -
Giant Cephalotus of Unknown Origins
Giant Cephalotus of unknown origins Dick Chan • P.O. Box 2252 • Pasadena • California 91102 • USA • [email protected] Introduction I have been growing Cephalotus follicularis for over 20 years. Initially, I was obsessed with grow- ing specimen-type Cephalotus of different clones and to prove once-and-for-all that this was not a difficult plant to grow. Countless plants have met their demise as I experimented with various meth- ods of cultivation. For those that have survived and flourished, I noticed one plant in particular that grew larger, more vigorous, and had a different pitcher/leaf morphology than Cephalotus ‘Hummer’s Giant’ and the typical Cephalotus. However, I do not believe this plant to be just a better-grown speci- men of ‘Hummer’s Giant’. Through the years, I have given and sold this plant to individuals calling it the “Bubble Giant”, however, I have not received nor heard any feedback as to the well-being of those plants. So, for those reading this article and have received this plant from me, I would appreciate seeing some photos. For the remainder of this article, this plant will be referred to as the “unknown”. Origins During my initial spark-of-entry into the hobby, I started collecting Cephalotus cuttings, plants, stems, and leaves from anyone who had the plant and was willing to give or sell a piece to me. Be- cause of that activity, this plant is of an unknown origin because of the feverish pace by which I went about amassing what I had hoped would become a genetically diverse collection of plants. -
Ancistrocladaceae
Soltis et al—American Journal of Botany 98(4):704-730. 2011. – Data Supplement S2 – page 1 Soltis, Douglas E., Stephen A. Smith, Nico Cellinese, Kenneth J. Wurdack, David C. Tank, Samuel F. Brockington, Nancy F. Refulio-Rodriguez, Jay B. Walker, Michael J. Moore, Barbara S. Carlsward, Charles D. Bell, Maribeth Latvis, Sunny Crawley, Chelsea Black, Diaga Diouf, Zhenxiang Xi, Catherine A. Rushworth, Matthew A. Gitzendanner, Kenneth J. Sytsma, Yin-Long Qiu, Khidir W. Hilu, Charles C. Davis, Michael J. Sanderson, Reed S. Beaman, Richard G. Olmstead, Walter S. Judd, Michael J. Donoghue, and Pamela S. Soltis. Angiosperm phylogeny: 17 genes, 640 taxa. American Journal of Botany 98(4): 704-730. Appendix S2. The maximum likelihood majority-rule consensus from the 17-gene analysis shown as a phylogram with mtDNA included for Polyosma. Names of the orders and families follow APG III (2009); other names follow Cantino et al. (2007). Numbers above branches are bootstrap percentages. 67 Acalypha Spathiostemon 100 Ricinus 97 100 Dalechampia Lasiocroton 100 100 Conceveiba Homalanthus 96 Hura Euphorbia 88 Pimelodendron 100 Trigonostemon Euphorbiaceae Codiaeum (incl. Peraceae) 100 Croton Hevea Manihot 10083 Moultonianthus Suregada 98 81 Tetrorchidium Omphalea 100 Endospermum Neoscortechinia 100 98 Pera Clutia Pogonophora 99 Cespedesia Sauvagesia 99 Luxemburgia Ochna Ochnaceae 100 100 53 Quiina Touroulia Medusagyne Caryocar Caryocaraceae 100 Chrysobalanus 100 Atuna Chrysobalananaceae 100 100 Licania Hirtella 100 Euphronia Euphroniaceae 100 Dichapetalum 100 -
The Cost of Carnivory for Darlingtonia Californica (Sarraceniaceae): Evidence from Relationships Among Leaf Traits1
American Journal of Botany 92(7): 1085±1093. 2005. THE COST OF CARNIVORY FOR DARLINGTONIA CALIFORNICA (SARRACENIACEAE): EVIDENCE FROM RELATIONSHIPS AMONG LEAF TRAITS1 AARON M. ELLISON2,4 AND ELIZABETH J. FARNSWORTH3 2Harvard University, Harvard Forest, P.O. Box 68, Petersham, Massachusetts 01366 USA; and 3New England Wild Flower Society, 180 Hemenway Road, Framingham, Massachusetts 01701 USA Scaling relationships among photosynthetic rate, foliar nutrient concentration, and leaf mass per unit area (LMA) have been observed for a broad range of plants. Leaf traits of the carnivorous pitcher plant Darlingtonia californica, endemic to southern Oregon and northern California, USA, differ substantially from the predictions of these general scaling relationships; net photosynthetic rates of Darlingtonia are much lower than predicted by general scaling relationships given observed foliar nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations and LMA. At ®ve sites in the center of its range, leaf traits of Darlingtonia were strongly correlated with elevation and differed with soil calcium availability and bedrock type. The mean foliar N : P of 25.2 6 15.4 of Darlingtonia suggested that these plants were P-limited, although N concentration in the substrate also was extremely low and prey capture was uncommon. Foliar N : P stoichiometry and the observed deviation of Darlingtonia leaf traits from predictions of general scaling relationships permit an initial assessment of the ``cost of carnivory'' in this species. Carnivory in plants is thought to have evolved in response to N limitation, but for Darlingtonia, carnivory is an evolutionary last resort when both N and P are severely limiting and photosynthesis is greatly reduced. Key words: carnivorous plants; Darlingtonia californica; fens; leaf mass area; leaf traits; photosynthesis; nitrogen; serpentine. -
Carnivorous Plant Newsletter V50 N2, June 2021
New Cultivars Keywords: cultvar, Cephalotus follicularis ‘Squat’, Dionaea ‘EEC Purple People Eater’, Dionaea ‘Magikarp’, Drosera ‘Avaricious Arugula’, Sarracenia ‘Talisman’. Abstract: Five new carnivorous plant cultivars are named and described: Cephalotus follicularis ‘Squat’, Dionaea ‘EEC Purple People Eater’, Dionaea ‘Magikarp’, Drosera ‘Avaricious Arugula’, Sarracenia ‘Talisman’. Cephalotus follicularis ‘Squat’ Submitted: 21 February 2021 Cephalotus follicularis ‘Squat’ (Fig. 1) originates from the late Dennis Hastings collection. The cultivar tends to grow with wide and short pitchers. There is a horizontal protrusion under the peri- stome giving the pitcher a squat appearance, which is also observable on newly emerging and de- veloping pitchers. Moreover, the base is rounded with a bullet like appearance, further contributing to its squat like characteristic. The peristome is round with short and thin teeth. The shape is stable and very different from the other Cephalotus, making it easy to distinguish even without a label. The name derives from the pitcher’s squat looking appearance. Asexual propagation (vegetative) is required in order to preserve the unique characteristics. —Dimitar Daskalov • Plovdiv 4013 • Bulgaria • [email protected] Figure 1: Cephalotus follicularis ‘Squat’. Volume 50 June 2021 87 Dionaea ‘EEC Purple People Eater’ Submitted: 15 February 2021 Dionaea ‘EEC Purple People Eater’ (Fig. 2) is the product of a collaboration between Evan Wang and Craig Heath. Hand pollination was performed in the summer of 2018 by Evan, Emmy, and Stephen Wang with isolation of flowers after pollination. The seed was the product of crossing D. ‘FTS Maroon Monster’ with D. ‘Jaws Smiley’. Numerous seeds from this cross were grown by both Evan Wang and Craig Heath. -
Carnivorous Plants with Hybrid Trapping Strategies
CARNIVOROUS PLANTS WITH HYBRID TRAPPING STRATEGIES BARRY RICE • P.O. Box 72741 • Davis, CA 95617 • USA • [email protected] Keywords: carnivory: Darlingtonia californica, Drosophyllum lusitanicum, Nepenthes ampullaria, N. inermis, Sarracenia psittacina. Recently I wrote a general book on carnivorous plants, and while creating that work I spent a great deal of time pondering some of the bigger issues within the phenomenon of carnivory in plants. One of the basic decisions I had to make was select what plants to include in my book. Even at the genus level, it is not at all trivial to produce a definitive list of all the carnivorous plants. Seventeen plant genera are commonly accused of being carnivorous, but not everyone agrees on their dietary classifications—arguments about the status of Roridula can result in fistfights!1 Recent discoveries within the indisputably carnivorous genera are adding to this quandary. Nepenthes lowii might function to capture excrement from birds (Clarke 1997), and Nepenthes ampullaria might be at least partly vegetarian in using its clusters of ground pitchers to capture the dead vegetable mate- rial that rains onto the forest floor (Moran et al. 2003). There is also research that suggests that the primary function of Utricularia purpurea bladders may be unrelated to carnivory (Richards 2001). Could it be that not all Drosera, Nepenthes, Sarracenia, or Utricularia are carnivorous? Meanwhile, should we take a closer look at Stylidium, Dipsacus, and others? What, really, are the carnivorous plants? Part of this problem comes from the very foundation of how we think of carnivorous plants. When drafting introductory papers or book chapters, we usually frequently oversimplify the strategies that carnivorous plants use to capture prey. -
TREE November 2001.Qxd
Review TRENDS in Ecology & Evolution Vol.16 No.11 November 2001 623 Evolutionary ecology of carnivorous plants Aaron M. Ellison and Nicholas J. Gotelli After more than a century of being regarded as botanical oddities, carnivorous populations, elucidating how changes in fitness affect plants have emerged as model systems that are appropriate for addressing a population dynamics. As with other groups of plants, wide array of ecological and evolutionary questions. Now that reliable such as mangroves7 and alpine plants8 that exhibit molecular phylogenies are available for many carnivorous plants, they can be broad evolutionary convergence because of strong used to study convergences and divergences in ecophysiology and life-history selection in stressful habitats, detailed investigations strategies. Cost–benefit models and demographic analysis can provide insight of carnivorous plants at multiple biological scales can into the selective forces promoting carnivory. Important areas for future illustrate clearly the importance of ecological research include the assessment of the interaction between nutrient processes in determining evolutionary patterns. availability and drought tolerance among carnivorous plants, as well as measurements of spatial and temporal variability in microhabitat Phylogenetic diversity among carnivorous plants characteristics that might constrain plant growth and fitness. In addition to Phylogenetic relationships among carnivorous plants addressing evolutionary convergence, such studies must take into account have been obscured by reliance on morphological the evolutionary diversity of carnivorous plants and their wide variety of life characters1 that show a high degree of similarity and forms and habitats. Finally, carnivorous plants have suffered from historical evolutionary convergence among carnivorous taxa9 overcollection, and their habitats are vanishing rapidly. -
Of the Pitcher Plants Nepenthes Mirabilis, Cephalotus Follicularis and Darlingtonia Californica
Oecologia (1997) 112:464±471 Ó Springer-Verlag 1997 W. Schulze á E.D. Schulze á J.S. Pate á A.N. Gillison The nitrogen supply from soils and insects during growth of the pitcher plants Nepenthes mirabilis, Cephalotus follicularis and Darlingtonia californica Received: 14 April 1997 / Accepted: 18 August 1997 Abstract This study investigated the nitrogen (N) ac- were assessed across a developmental sequence from quisition from soil and insect capture during the growth young plants lacking pitchers to large adults with up to of three species of pitcher plants, Nepenthes mirabilis, 38 pitchers. The data indicated dependence on soil Cephalotus follicularis and Darlingtonia californica. N until 4 pitchers had opened. Beyond that stage, 15N/14N natural abundance ratios (d15N) of plants and plant size increased with the number of catching pitchers pitchers of dierent age, non-carnivorous reference but the fraction of soil N remained high. Large plants, and insect prey were used to estimate propor- Cephalotus plants were estimated to derive 26 5.9% tional contributions of insects to the N content of leaves (mean SD of the three largest plants; range: 19±30%) and whole plants. Young Nepenthes leaves (phyllodes) of the N from insects. In Cephalotus we observed an carrying closed pitchers comprised major sinks for N increased d15N value in sink versus source pitchers of and developed mainly from insect N captured elsewhere about 1.2& on average. Source and sink pitchers of on the plant. Their d15N values of up to 7.2& were Darlingtonia had a similar d15N value, but plant N in higher than the average d15N value of captured insects this species showed d15N signals closer to that of insect (mean d15N value = 5.3&). -
Carniflora 9 4 2014 Supplement DRAFT V3.Pub
Carniflora Australis Journal of the Australasian Carnivorous Plant Society Inc. Volume 9 No. 4, September 2014: SUPPLEMENT 1 ISSN 1448-9570 PRICE $5.00 Free with Membership Subscription All members, single, family and overseas $AU25.00 Please make cheques or money orders payable to the Australasian Carnivorous Plant Society Inc. Membership and correspondence should be forwarded to the Secretary at [email protected] or PO BOX 4009 Kingsway West NSW 2208 (Australia) Meeting are held on the second Friday of each month Time: 7.30pm—10.00pm Venue: Woodstock Community Centre Church St, Burwood More information is also available at: http://www.auscps.com/modules/newbb/ An electronic copy of this issue is available at: https://auscps.wordpress.com/ Contents Front Page: Nepenthes rowanae pitcher, on a cultivated plant on displayat the conference. Robert Gibson Back Page: (Top) Poster at the 10th ICPS conference. (Bottom) Conference participants socialise after Day 1 of the talks. Robert Gibson Title Author Page Summary of talks delivered at the Robert Gibson 4 10th International Carnivorous Plant Society (ICPS) Conference: 18-20th July 2014 2 Summary of talks delivered at the 10th International Carnivorous Plant Society (ICPS) Conference: 18-20th July 2014 Robert Gibson Newcastle E-mail: [email protected] Introduction The ICPS conference was held over three days at the Cairns Botanic Gardens. About 60 carnivorous plant enthusiasts attended. Eighteen presentations were delivered; summaries of which, based on the notes I took, are presented below: Greg Bourke – A photographic journey through Australia’s fragile habitats. Greg presented a photographic tour across Australia using a selection of his wonderful photos. -
FILOGENIA E BIOGEOGRAFIA DE DROSERACEAE INFERIDAS a PARTIR DE CARACTERES MORFOLÓGICOS E MOLECULARES (18S, Atpb, Matk, Rbcl E ITS)
FILOGENIA E BIOGEOGRAFIA DE DROSERACEAE INFERIDAS A PARTIR DE CARACTERES MORFOLÓGICOS E MOLECULARES (18S, atpB, matK, rbcL e ITS) VITOR FERNANDES OLIVEIRA DE MIRANDA Tese apresentada ao Instituto de Biociências da Universidade Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho”, Campus de Rio Claro, para a obtenção do título de Doutor em Ciências Biológicas (Área de Concentração: Biologia Vegetal) Rio Claro Estado de São Paulo – Brasil Abril de 2.006 FILOGENIA E BIOGEOGRAFIA DE DROSERACEAE INFERIDAS A PARTIR DE CARACTERES MORFOLÓGICOS E MOLECULARES (18S, atpB, matK, rbcL e ITS) VITOR FERNANDES OLIVEIRA DE MIRANDA Orientador: Prof. Dr. ANTONIO FURLAN Co-orientador: Prof. Dr. MAURÍCIO BACCI JÚNIOR Tese apresentada ao Instituto de Biociências da Universidade Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho”, Campus de Rio Claro, para a obtenção do título de Doutor em Ciências Biológicas (Área de Concentração: Biologia Vegetal) Rio Claro Estado de São Paulo – Brasil Abril de 2.006 582 Miranda, Vitor Fernandes Oliveira de M672f Filogenia e biogeografia de Droseraceae inferidas a partir de caracteres morfológicos e moleculares (18S, atpB, matK, rbcL e ITS) / Vitor Fernandes Oliveira de Miranda. – Rio Claro : [s.n.], 2006 132 f. : il., figs., tabs., fots. Tese (doutorado) – Universidade Estadual Paulista, Institu- to de Biociências de Rio Claro Orientador: Antonio Furlan Co-orientador: Mauricio Bacci Junior 1. Botânica – Classificação. 2. Botânica sistemática molecu- lar. 3. Aldrovanda. 4. Dionaea. 5. Drosera. 6. DNA. I. Título. Ficha Catalográfica elaborada pela STATI – Biblioteca da UNESP Campus de Rio Claro/SP iv Agradecimentos Ao Prof. Furlan por sua sabedoria, por toda a sua paciência, por toda a sua compreensão, que sempre soube me ouvir e sempre me viu, acima de tudo, como pessoa. -
Targeted Flora and Fauna Habitat Survey of Proposed Development
Targeted Flora and Fauna Habitat Survey of Proposed Development in Swan View Prepared for Statewest Planning Ref: T18022 Terratree Pty Ltd ABN 48 159 6065 005 Unit 3, No. 42 Victoria Street, Midland WA 6056 Telephone: (08) 9250 1163 Mobile: 0400 003 688 Email: [email protected] www.terratree.com.au Document Control Revision Details Date Author Reviewer Rev 0 Internal Review 10/01/2019 G. Maslen J. Grehan Rev A Draft for Submission to Client for Review 23/01/2019 G. Maslen J. Grehan Rev B Final Submission to Client 07/02/2019 G. Maslen S. O’Hara Joseph Grehan Director and Principal Ecologist Targeted Flora and Fauna Survey of Proposed Development in Swan View for Statewest Planning i DISCLAIMER This document is prepared in accordance with and subject to an agreement between Terratree Pty Ltd (“Terratree”) and the client for whom it has been prepared (“Statewest Planning”) and is restricted to those issues that have been raised by the client in its engagement of Terratree and prepared using the standard of skill and care ordinarily exercised by Environmental Scientists in the preparation of such documents. Any organisation or person that relies on or uses this document for purposes or reasons other than those agreed by Terratree and the client without first obtaining the prior written consent of Terratree, does so entirely at their own risk and Terratree denies all liability in tort, contract or otherwise for any loss, damage or injury of any kind whatsoever (whether in negligence or otherwise) that may be suffered as a consequence of relying on this document for any purpose other than that agreed with the client. -
Nuytsia the Journal of the Western Australian Herbarium 30: 1–18 Published Online 28 March 2019
J.M. Percy-Bower & C.M. Parker, Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2018 1 Nuytsia The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium 30: 1–18 Published online 28 March 2019 SHORT COMMUNICATION Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2018 The census database at the Western Australian Herbarium (PERTH), which provides the nomenclature for the website FloraBase (Western Australian Herbarium 1998–), lists current names and recent synonymy for Western Australia’s native and naturalised vascular plants, as well as algae, bryophytes, lichens, slime moulds and some fungi. The names represented in the census are either sourced from published research or denote as yet unpublished names based on herbarium voucher specimens. We herein summarise the changes made to vascular plant names in this database during 2018. One hundred and twenty-nine taxa were newly recorded for the State, of which 24 are naturalised and 41 have been added to the Threatened and Priority Flora list for Western Australia (Smith & Jones 2018; Western Australian Herbarium 1998–) (Table 1). A total of 185 name changes were made, including the formal publication of 29 phrase-named taxa (Table 2). Plant groups for which a number of name changes were made include Hydrocotyle L. (Perkins 2018a, 2018b), Drosera L. (Lowrie 2013a, 2013b, 2014), Lepilaena Harv. (Ito et al. 2016; Macfarlane et al. 2017) and Zygophyllum L. (transferred to Roepera A.Juss. following Beier et al. 2003). Numerous phrased-named taxa in the genus Baeckea L. were formally published under an expanded circumscription of Hysterobaeckea (Nied.) Rye (Rye 2018). Table 2 also includes cases where there has been a change of taxonomic concept, misapplication, exclusion or rank change.