CITES Carnivorous Plant Checklist - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Preamble
3. How to use the checklist
The main aim of this list is to provide a quick reference for checking accepted names,
synonymy, distribution, listing in the CITES Appendices, and IUCN Red List Categories
(RLC) for all three genera.
The reference is divided into three main parts:
Part I: All names i n current use
An alphabetical list of all accepted names and synonyms for the three genera included in
this checklist. The author’s name appears after each taxon where the taxon name appears
twice or more (unless the author’s name is the same) e.g., Nepenthes laevis Lindl., and
Nepenthes laevis Korth. ex Hook.f.
Part II: Accepted names in current use
These are separate lists for each genus. Each list is ordered alphabetically by the
accepted name and details are given on current synonyms, distribution, CITES listing
and IUCN Red List Categories. Additional information is given by localising the area of
distribution in each country: e.g., N, S, E or W, and by listing the main islands. This
information is also included in Part III.
Part III: Country checklist
Accepted names for all the genera included in this checklist are ordered alphabetically
under country of distribution.
4. Conventions employed in Parts I, II and III
a) Accepted names are presented in bold roman type.
Synonyms are presented in italic type.
b) Duplicate names:
In Part I, the author’s name appears after each taxon where the taxon name
appears twice or more (unless the author’s name is the same) e.g., Nepenthes
laevis Lindl., and Nepenthes laevis Korth. ex Hook.f.
i) Where a synonym occurs more than once, but refers to different species, such as
Sarracenia jonesii (a synonym of both Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii and
Sarracenia rubra ssp. wherryi), the name with an asterisk is the species most
likely to be encountered in trade under this name. For example:
All Names
Accepted Name
Sarracenia jonesii ................................................ Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii*
Sarracenia jonesii ................................................ Sarracenia rubra ssp. wherryi
Sarracenia laciniata ............................................. Sarracenia leucophylla
*Species most likely to be in trade = Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii).
ii) Where an accepted name and synonym are the same, but refer to different
species, for example, Nepenthes ampullaria (accepted name) and Nepenthes
ampullaria (a synonym of Nepenthes vieillardii), the name with an asterisk is
the species most likely to be found in trade under this name. For example:
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