Das Taublatt is a triannual German-language

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 periodical

Periodical publication

Periodical literature is a published work that appears in a new edition on a regular schedule. The most familiar examples are the newspaper, often published daily, or weekly; or the magazine, typically published weekly, monthly or as a quarterly...

 and the official publication of Gesellschaft für fleischfressende Pflanzen im deutschsprachigen Raum, a carnivorous plant

Carnivorous plant

Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods. Carnivorous plants appear adapted to grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients, especially nitrogen, such as acidic...

 society based in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. Typical articles include matters of horticultural interest, field reports, and new taxon

Taxon

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 descriptions. The journal was established in 1984. It publishes in full colour on glossy paper, with each issue numbering around 52 pages.

Taxon descriptions

Das Taublatt published the formal descriptions of Heliamphora glabra

Heliamphora glabra

Heliamphora glabra is a species of Marsh Pitcher Plant native to Serra do Sol in Venezuela. It was for a long time considered a form of H. heterodoxa, but has recently been raised to species rank.-References:...

, Heliamphora pulchella

Heliamphora pulchella

Heliamphora pulchella is a species of Marsh Pitcher Plant endemic to the Chimanta group of tepuis in Venezuela. It is one of the smallest species and closely related to H...

, and Nepenthes mantalingajanensis

Nepenthes mantalingajanensis

Nepenthes mantalingajanensis is a tropical pitcher plant known only from the summit region of Mount Mantalingajan, the highest point on the Philippine island of Palawan, after which it is named.-Botanical history:...

. It also originated the varietal name Pinguicula ehlersiae var. albiflora, which is a nomen nudum

Nomen nudum

The phrase nomen nudum is a Latin term, meaning "naked name", used in taxonomy...

. Three Venus Flytrap

Venus Flytrap

The Venus Flytrap , Dionaea muscipula, is a carnivorous plant that catches and digests animal prey—mostly insects and arachnids. Its trapping structure is formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant's leaves and is triggered by tiny hairs on their inner surfaces...

 cultivar

Cultivar

A cultivar'Cultivar has two meanings as explained under Formal definition. When used in reference to a taxon, the word does not apply to an individual plant but to all those plants sharing the unique characteristics that define the cultivar. is a plant or group of plants selected for desirable...

 names were also first published in the journal: Dionaea muscipula 'Green Dragon', Dionaea muscipula 'Holland Red', and Dionaea muscipula 'Red Burgundy'.