2010

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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

2010 in paleontology

Angiosperms discovered

Name	Status	Authors	Age	Unit	Location	Notes	Images
Sagaria	Valid	Bravia Barone Lumagab Mickle	Middle Albian	Monti Alburni, near Petina	Italy
Solaranthus	Valid	Shaolin Zheng Xin Wang	Middle Jurassic	Jiulongshan Formation	China	An early flowering plant.
Xingxueanthus	Valid	Xin Wang Shijun Wang	Middle Jurassic	Haifanggou Formation	China	An early flowering plant.