International Carnivorous Plant Society
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The International Carnivorous Plant Society (ICPS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1972. It is the International Registration Authority (IRA) for carnivorous plant cultivars.
The ICPS is probably best known for its quarterly publication, the Carnivorous Plant Newsletter.
[edit] Conservation efforts
With only an estimated 15 plants remaining in the wild as of 1995, Nepenthes clipeata is the most endangered of all known tropical pitcher plants.[1] The ICPS has set up the Nepenthes clipeata Survival Project (NcSP) to facilitate ex situ conservation of this species.[2] It is estimated that there are only three or four genetically-distinct lines of "white market" (legally collected) plants in cultivation.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Simpson, R.B. 1995. Nepenthes and conservation. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 12: 111-118.
- ^ a b Cantley, R., C.M. Clarke, J. Cokendolpher, B. Rice & A. Wistuba 2004. Nepenthes clipeata Survival Project. International Carnivorous Plant Society.
