This list of Nepenthes literature is a listing of major published works dealing with the tropical pitcher plants of the genus Nepenthes. It includes specialised standalone publications and taxonomic monographs released as part of larger works, but excludes regular journal and magazine articles.
Unless otherwise indicated, all information on individual publications is sourced from them directly. Works are listed chronologically by year of first publication.
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This list includes all works published as standalone books or booklets, with the exception of children's literature, which is listed separately below.
| Name | Author(s) | Year | Language | Publisher | Pages | Additional information | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nepenthes of Mount Kinabalu | Shigeo Kurata | 1976 | English | Sabah National Parks Trustees | 80 | significantly contributed to popular interest in Nepenthes[3] | see article |
| The Pitcher Plant: Nepenthes khasiana | Renu Prova Momin Bordoloi | 1977 | English | Dutta Baruah | 59 | part of the Carnivorous Plants of North East India series; 5 pages of plates not included in page count | |
| Pitcher Plants of Peninsular Malaysia & Singapore | Roger Shivas | 1984 | English | Maruzen Asia | xii + 58 | 24 pages of plates not included in page count | "It was the author's intention to make this book serve as a field guide and he succeeded in this by giving us good closeup pictures of upper, lower and sometimes intermediate pitchers of all 12 species that are described. Although the book is small, and ideal for field use, it does not lack any of the essential information that one needs to use in finding these plants and admiring them."[4] |
| The Grief Vanishing – Nepenthes[5] (無憂草 – Nepenthes Mu Yū kusa – Nepenthes) |
Tetsuya Oikawa | 1992 | Japanese | Parco Co. | 66 | part of the Jungle Books series | "1 to 9 photos of each mentioned species, information on morphology and functions of Nepenthes. The photos are so beautiful that at least Nepenthes enthusiasts should have this book."[5] |
| Pitcher-Plants of Borneo | Anthea Phillipps & Anthony Lamb | 1996 | English | Natural History Publications (Borneo) | x + 171 | strongly focused on botanical and horticultural history; mainly illustrated with watercolour paintings by Susan M. Phillipps | see article |
| Nepenthes of Borneo | Charles Clarke | 1997, 2006 (reprint) |
English | Natural History Publications (Borneo) | xii + 207 | ecological and taxonomic monograph | see article |
| Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia | Charles Clarke | 2001 | English | Natural History Publications (Borneo) | x + 326 | ecological and taxonomic monograph; 1 new species described | see article |
| A Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Sabah | Charles Clarke | 2001 | English | Natural History Publications (Borneo) | iv + 40 | field guide | "The photos are simply incredible, and the book covers important information such as natural habitats. Indeed, it is somewhat like a condensed version of "Nepenthes of Borneo", but rewritten in less scientific language."[6] |
| A Guide to the Pitcher Plants of Peninsular Malaysia | Charles Clarke | 2002 | English | Natural History Publications (Borneo) | iv + 32 | field guide | "As usual for one of Clarke's books, the text is concise, well written and accurate. But overshadowing the text is the photography, which is truly beautiful as well as illustrative of the essential characters of each species and hybrid."[7] |
| Borneo: Its Mountains and Lowlands with their Pitcher Plants | Hugo Steiner | 2002 | English | Toihaan Publishing Company | viii + 136 | mainly illustrated with photographs taken by the author between 1992 and 2002 | "People looking for an interesting but not too technical or scientific work on Borneo and its pitcher plants would especially benefit from this book. [...] The aesthetic aspect remains very good despite two or three low quality photographs [...]"[8][9] |
| Pitcher Plants of Sarawak | Charles Clarke & Ch'ien Lee | 2004 | English | Natural History Publications (Borneo) | vi + 81 | pocket field guide; mainly illustrated with photographs by Ch'ien Lee | "This is a wonderful introduction to the species that grow in this area and is in full colour. With an introduction to Nepenthes, the 25 species plus an environmental examination it whets your appetite to want to visit this area or at least grow the plants."[10]
"As usual with Clarke's books, the photographs are excellent."[5] |
| The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies | B. H. Danser | 2006 | English | Natural History Publications (Borneo) | vi + 206 | reprint of the 1928 monograph; includes 15-page introduction by Charles Clarke[11] | see article |
| A Field Guide to the Nepenthes of Sumatra | Hernawati & Pitra Akhriadi | 2006 | English | PILI-NGO Movement | xiv + 94 | field guide; result of research program funded by BP | "[...] a short book presenting basic information on thirty-one Sumatran taxa [...] The quality of the paper, printing and images is perhaps a little low, but given the very meagre funds available to produce this book, this is understandable."[12] |
| Nepenthes: Kantong Semar Yang Unik | Muhammad Mansur | 2006 | Indonesian | Penebar Swadaya | iv + 100 | ||
| Trubus Info Kit: Nepenthes | Onny Untung (chief editor) | 2006 | Indonesian | PT Trubus Swadaya | iv + 284 | strongly focused on cultivation; English e-book also available | |
| Pitcher Plants of Borneo, Second Edition | Anthea Phillipps, Anthony Lamb & Ch'ien Lee | 2008 | English | Natural History Publications (Borneo) | viii + 298 | much expanded second edition; strongly focused on botanical and horticultural history; includes many photographs by Ch'ien Lee | see article |
| ร้อยพรรณพฤกษา ไม้กินแมลง หม้อข้าวหม้อแกงลิง | Suwarun Suphawut | 2009[a] | Thai | เศรษฐศิลป์ | 112 | strongly focused on cultivation and horticultural hybrids | |
| Pitcher Plants of the Old World (2 volumes) | Stewart McPherson | 2009 | English | Redfern Natural History Productions | xvi + 1399 | also covers Cephalotus follicularis; 1 new species described | see article |
| The Malaysian Nepenthes: Evolutionary and Taxonomic Perspectives | Chris Thorogood | 2010 | English | Nova Science Publishers | vi + 158 | part of the Botanical Research and Practices Series series | |
| Nepenthes della Thailandia: Diario di viaggio | Marcello Catalano | 2010 | Italian | self-published | 207 | travel diary; 4 new species described | "In a narrative style that only Italians master (“se non è vero, è ben trovato”), the author describes his remarkable experience from roughly a decade of training and research both at herbaria and in the field. [...] The diversity of the genus in Thailand as featured in the present book is far greater than expressed by any previous author."[13] |
| Field Guide to the Pitcher Plants of the Philippines | Stewart McPherson & Victor B. Amoroso | 2011 | English | Redfern Natural History Productions | 61 | field guide |
This list includes major monographs that were not released as standalone publications. In the case of journal articles and book chapters, the parent publication is indicated in brackets.
Only the primary prosaic language is listed for each publication, although many of the earlier monographs also include substantial portions of Latin text in the form of taxon descriptions. Some of the taxa formally described in these monographs are not considered taxonomically valid today.
| Name | Author(s) | Year | Language | Format | Pages | Additional information | Reviews |
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| "Over het geslacht Nepenthes" | Pieter Willem Korthals | 1839 | Dutch | part of Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen | 44 | generally regarded as the first monograph on Nepenthes;[1][2] 3 new species described | |
| "Über die Gattung Nepenthes besonders in Rücksicht auf ihre physiologische Eigenthümlichkeit" | Ernst Wunschmann | 1872 | German | doctoral thesis (Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin); published by Buchdruckerei von Gustav Schade (Otto Francke) | 50 | sometimes considered the first monograph on Nepenthes[14] | |
| "Nepenthaceae" | Joseph Dalton Hooker | 1873 | Latin | part of the seventeenth volume of Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis | 16 | 7 new species described; primarily focused on new discoveries from northern Borneo[14][15] | |
| "Die Gattung Nepenthes" | Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau | 1895 | German | journal article (Wiener Illustrirte Garten-Zeitung) | 46 | published in 4 parts; 4 new species described; 1 new species combination | |
| "Nepenthaceae" | John Muirhead Macfarlane | 1908 | English | part of Das Pflanzenreich | 91 | 8 new species described; includes detailed accounts of structure, anatomy, and development | see article |
| "The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies" | B. H. Danser | 1928 | English | journal article (Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg) | 190 | widely considered the most important monograph on Nepenthes;[1][14][15] 17 new species described | see article |
| "Nepenthaceae" | Hermann Harms | 1936 | German | part of Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien | 38 | similar to Danser's treatment[11][14] | |
| "Nepenthes di Sumatera: The genus Nepenthes of the Sumatra Island" | Rusjdi Tamin & Mitsuru Hotta | 1986 | English | book chapter (Diversity and Dynamics of Plant Life in Sumatra 1) | 35 | 3 new species described (originally nomina nuda as they were published without Latin diagnoses)[15] | |
| "Pitcher-plants of East Malaysia and Brunei" | Anthea Phillipps & Anthony Lamb | 1988 | English | journal article (Nature Malaysiana) | 20 | includes 80 colour photographs | |
| "An account of Nepenthes in New Guinea" | Matthew Jebb | 1991 | English | journal article (Science in New Guinea) | 48 | includes a survey of pitcher prey assemblages | see article |
| "A skeletal revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae)" | Matthew Jebb & Martin Cheek | 1997 | English | journal article (Blumea) | 106 | 6 new species described; 1 new species combination | see article |
| "Nepenthaceae" | Martin Cheek & Matthew Jebb | 2001 | English | fifteenth volume of Flora Malesiana | iv + 157 | only covers species native to Malesia | see article |
| Name | Author(s) | Year | Language | Publisher | Pages | Additional information | Reviews |
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| Jack & the Carnivorous Pitcher Plant | Tan Wee Kiat & Amy Sabrielo | 1999 | English | Landmark Books | 83 | illustrated by Lesley Gan; dust jacket folds out into a Nepenthes-themed board game |
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