Nepenthaceae (1908 monograph)

Macfarlane recognised 58 species, including 8 newly described ones: N. anamensis (later synonymised with N. smilesii),McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.{{in lang|it}} Catalano, M. 2010. Nepenthes della Thailandia: Diario di viaggio. Prague. N. beccariana, N. copelandii, N. deaniana, N. hemsleyana, N. neglecta (possibly the natural hybrid between N. gracilis and N. mirabilis),Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu. N. philippinensis, and N. tubulosa (later synonymised with N. mirabilis).Danser, B.H. 1928. The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, Série III, 9(3–4): 249–438. Macfarlane also described a number of new varieties, including N. alata var. biflora (later synonymised with N. negros),Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Typification and redelimitation of Nepenthes alata with notes on the N. alata group, and N. negros sp. nov. from the Philippines. Nordic Journal of Botany 31(5): 616–622. {{doi|10.1111/j.1756-1051.2012.00099.x}} N. alata var. ecristata (later synonymised with N. kurata),Cheek, M. & M. Jebb 2013. Recircumscription of the Nepenthes alata group (Caryophyllales: Nepenthaceae), in the Philippines, with four new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 69: 1–23. {{doi|10.5852/ejt.2013.69}} N. albomarginata var. rubra, N. hirsuta var. glabrata, N. hirsuta var. typica, N. tentaculata var. tomentosa, and N. vieillardii var. montrouzieri.Schlauer, J. N.d. [http://www.omnisterra.com/bot/cp_home.cgi?name=Pflanzenr.36 Query results: Pflanzenr.36]. Carnivorous Plant Database. The varietal name N. gracilis var. arenaria, originating from a herbarium sheet, also appeared in print for the first time in Macfarlane's monograph. The work included all manmade hybrids known at the time.

Macfarlane synonymised a number of species, including N. korthalsiana with N. gracilis, N. macrostachya with N. mirabilis, N. sumatrana with N. treubiana (later reversed),Clarke, C.M. 2001. Nepenthes of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu. and both N. teysmanniana and N. tomentella with N. albomarginata.Kurata, S. 2002. {{cite web|url= http://carnivorousplants.org/cpn/articles/ICPS2002confp111_116.pdf |title=Revision trial in recent enumeration of Nepenthes species. }} Proceedings of the 4th International Carnivorous Plant Conference: 111–116. Macfarlane restored N. edwardsiana as a species distinct from N. villosa. This decision was reversed by B. H. Danser in his 1928 work, "The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies", but is universally accepted today.

Macfarlane recognised N. × cincta as a natural hybrid between N. albomarginata and N. northiana, and N. × harryana as a natural hybrid between N. edwardsiana and N. villosa.

The following 58 taxa are enumerated and detailed in Macfarlane's "Nepenthaceae". Varieties recognised by Macfarlane are also included. Taxon names are listed as they appear in the monograph, including orthographic variants, though specific epithets derived from proper nouns have been decapitalised.

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1. N. alata
2. var. biflora
3. var. ecristata
4. N. albo-lineata
5. N. albo-marginata
6. var. rubra
7. var. villosa
8. N. alicae
9. N. ampullaria
10. var. geelvinkiana
11. var. longicarpa
12. N. anamensis
13. N. angustifolia
14. N. armbrustae
15. N. beccariana
16. N. bernaysii
17. N. bicalcarata
18. N. blancoi
19. N. bongso
20. N. boschiana
21. N. burbidgei {{sic}}
22. N. burkei
23. var. excellens
24. var. prolifica
25. N. cholmondeleyi
26. N. copelandii
27. N. deaniana
28. N. distillatoria
29. N. echinostoma
30. N. edwardsiana
31. N. eustachya
32. N. garrawayae
33. N. gracilis
34. N. hemsleyana
35. N. hirsuta
36. var. glabrata
37. var. typica
38. N. hookeriana
39. N. jardinei
40. N. kennedyana
41. N. khasiana
42. N. lowii
43. N. macfarlanei
44. N. madagascariensis
45. N. maxima
46. N. melamphora
47. var. haematamphora
48. var. tomentella
49. N. moorei
50. N. neglecta
51. N. northiana
52. N. pervillei
53. N. philippinensis
54. N. phyllamphora
55. N. rafflesiana
56. var. minor
57. var. nigro-purpurea
58. var. nivea
59. N. rajah
60. N. reinwardtiana
61. N. rowanae
62. N. sanguinea
63. N. singalana
64. N. smilesii
65. N. stenophylla
66. N. tentaculata
67. var. imberbis
68. var. tomentosa
69. N. treubiana
70. N. trichocarpa
71. N. tubulosa
72. N. veitchii
73. N. ventricosa
74. N. vieillardii
75. var. deplanchei
76. var. montrouzieri
77. N. villosa

;Nomina nuda v. incerta

1. N. cristata
2. N. lindleyana

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In addition, Macfarlane lists N. gracillima as a possible synonym of N. albomarginata; the species are numbered 7* and 7, respectively.

At the time of its publication, "Nepenthaceae" was praised for its many high quality illustrations (95 images in 19 figures) of both morphological and anatomical features.{{in lang|de}} Wangerin, W. 1910. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2154626 Macfarlane, J. M., Nepenthaceae]. In: Lotsy, J.P. (ed.) Botanisches Centralblatt: Referirendes Organ der Association Internationale des Botanistes für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik. Volume 31, issue 113. Gustav Fischer, Jena. pp. 501–502.

Research conducted after World War I quickly rendered Macfarlane's monograph outdated. Much additional herbarium material was accumulated during this time, representing both new species and better specimens of known taxa, which highlighted issues with previous interpretations. The need for a new revision of the genus was satisfied with the publication of B. H. Danser's seminal 1928 monograph, "The Nepenthaceae of the Netherlands Indies". However, Danser's treatment did not encompass the entire range of the genus. It would not be until Matthew Jebb and Martin Cheek's 1997 monograph, "A skeletal revision of Nepenthes (Nepenthaceae)", that the entire genus was once again revised in a single work.

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