2010

A list of plant-related events occuring in 2010.

March

 * 10: Botanists discover that giant pitcher plants of Borneo that were thought to be large enough to devour small rodents have instead a diet composed of small rodent droppings.

Deaths

 * George McCartney Chippendale
 * Charles Bixler Heiser
 * Kenneth D. Hill
 * Gopi K. Podila

Plants described
For a complete list, see List of plants described in the 2010's

Amaranthaceae

 * Chenopodium littoreum

Aptandraceae

 * Hondurodendron
 * Hondurodendron urceolatum

Asteraceae

 * Ozothamnus cupressoides

Nepenthaceae

 * Nepenthes andamana
 * Nepenthes chang
 * Nepenthes gantungensis
 * Nepenthes hamiguitanensis
 * Nepenthes holdenii
 * Nepenthes kerrii
 * Nepenthes palawanensis
 * Nepenthes suratensis

Orchidaceae

 * Ornithidium donaldeedodii

Poaceae

 * Distichlis bajaensis