Chairman of the Steering Committee
Liz Van Volkenburgh

Liz Van Volkenburgh
University of Washington
USA
lizvanv@u.washington.edu

Steering Committee
Frantisek Baluska

Frantisek Baluska
University of Bonn
Germany
baluska@uni-bonn.de

Peter W. Barlow

Peter W. Barlow
University of Bristol
UK
P.W.Barlow@bristol.ac.uk

Eric Brenner

Eric Brenner
The New York Botanical Garden
USA
ebrenner@nybg.org

Eric Davies

Eric Davies
University of North Carolina
USA
eric_davies@ncsu.edu

Hillel Fromm

Hillel Fromm
Tel Aviv University
Israel
HillelF@tauex.tau.ac.il

Jinxing Lin

Jinxing Lin
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
linjx@ibcas.ac.cn

Stefano Mancuso

Stefano Mancuso
University of Florence
Italy
stefano.mancuso@unifi.it

Robyn L. Overall

Robyn L. Overall
The University of Sydney
Australia
roverall@mail.usyd.edu.au

Masahiko Sato

Masahiko Sato
Kyoto University
Japan
mhsato@kpu.ac.jp

Jack S. Schultz

Jack S. Schultz
Penn State University
USA
schultzjc@missouri.edu

Tony Trewavas

Tony Trewavas
University of Edinburgh
UK
trewavas@ed.ac.uk

Jorge M. Vivanco

Jorge M. Vivanco
Colorado State University
USA
j.vivanco@colostate.edu

Dieter Volkmann

Dieter Volkmann
University of Bonn
Germany
unb110@uni-bonn.de

Patrick Masson

Patrick Masson
University of Wisconsin-Madison
USA
phmasson@wisc.edu

Susan Murch

Susan Murch
University of British Columbia
Canada
susan.murch@ubc.ca

Kazimierz Trêbacz

Kazimierz Trêbacz
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University
Poland
trebacz@biotop.umcs.lublin.pl

Ann Hirsch

Ann Hirsch
University of California
USA
ahirsch@ucla.edu

Lorenzo Lamattina

Lorenzo Lamattina
Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
Argentina
lolama@mdp.edu.ar

Gladys Cassab

Gladys Cassab
U. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Mexico
gladys@ibt.unam.mx

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012Tropical Pitcher Plant,Nepenthes carunculata
Tropical Pitcher Plants are found in southeastern Asia in damp, humid jungles. The plant attaches to supporting vegetation with tendrils that grow out from the tip of its leaves. Although at first glance the pitcher might appear to be a flower, it is actually a modified leaf that grows from the end of tendrils.