《舊大陸的豬籠草》（Pitcher Plants of the Old World）是史超活·麥花臣所著的兩本關於豬籠草和土瓶草的專著。2009年5月由雷德芬自然歷史出版社出版。[1]由阿拉斯泰爾·羅賓遜和安德烈亞斯·弗萊施曼（Andreas Fleischmann）負責編輯。[1]
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2011年出版的《新豬籠草：卷一》是該書的一個補充，其囊括了2009年之後發現的許多豬籠草新類群。[2]
書中詳細介紹了土瓶草和120種豬籠草，其中包括新描述的物種——小瓮豬籠草（N. micramphora）。另外還有5個「未完全鑑定的類群」，分別為米蘇爾島豬籠草（N. sp. Misool）、西巴布亞豬籠草（N. sp. Papua，之後被歸入藍姆豬籠草（N. lamii））[3]、攀牙豬籠草（Nepenthes sp. Phanga Nga，之後被描述為球狀奇異豬籠草（N. mirabilis var. globosa））[4]、蘇拉威西豬籠草（N. sp. Sulawesi，之後被描述為黑豬籠草（N. nigra）[5]）和董里豬籠草（N. sp. Trang，之後被描述為克爾豬籠草（N. kerrii））[6]。漢密吉伊坦山豬籠草（Nepenthes hamiguitanensis）被描述於史超活·麥花臣的另一本書《食蟲植物及原生地》（Carnivorous Plants and their Habitats）中，在書中被認為是小瓮豬籠草和盾葉毛豬籠草（N. peltata）的自然雜交種。[7]
在接受《The Hoopoe》節目採訪時，史超活·麥花臣是這樣解釋其寫書和大量野外考察的原因的：[注 1][8]
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在我準備編寫《舊大陸的豬籠草》時，發現非常缺乏幾十種豬籠草的資料。因為很多豬籠草屬物種都沒有引入種植，同時分類也非常的混亂，所以我決定研究和在野外拍攝每一種豬籠草及土瓶草，以充分獲得每一個物種的資料。2006年我從大學畢業，當時我23歲，我立刻開始了對豬籠草和土瓶草長達3年的認真研究，並累計進行了18個月的野外考察。這3年裏為了尋找豬籠草，我在東南亞攀登山峰的數目超過了100座。這些行程大多都很簡單，最多僅幾天而已。但少數長時間的考察也是非常值得的，我曾花了一個星期的時間就發現了一個豬籠草的新類群。
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該書除了介紹了土瓶草外，共介紹了120個豬籠草屬物種及5個未描述的類群。
這本書因其涉獵廣泛、內容詳細且照片質量極高而廣受好評。[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]馬爾滕·J·M·克莉絲汀哈斯（Maarten J. M. Christenhusz）和米高·F·費伊（Michael F. Fay）在《Phytotaxa》上對其評述道：[注 2][11]
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這是迄今為止唯一一本涉及豬籠草屬整個地理分佈範圍內物種的著作。期間他（史超活·麥花臣）虛心的向其他學者請教分類方法，但這些方法都是地域性的。而其對所有豬籠草物種提供的信息化水平也是非常出色且前無古人的。
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史超活·麥花臣在接受《The Hoopoe》節目採訪時所述原文：[8]
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I prepared Pitcher Plants of the Old World in response to the lack of available information on dozens of species of Nepenthes. Since many species of Nepenthes are not in cultivation, and also because there is often confusion concerning those that are, I resolved to study and photograph each species of Nepenthes and Cephalotus in the wild, in order to document each adequately. After graduating from university in 2006 at the age of 23, I began three years of intense research focusing on Nepenthes and Cephalotus, and spent a cumulative total of eighteen months in the field. Over the last three years, I climbed over one hundred mountains across Southeast Asia in search of species of Nepenthes. Many of these journeys were relatively simple, lasting just a few days or less. Others required more extensive effort, and in a few cases, I spent more than one week to find a single Nepenthes taxon.
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馬爾滕·J·M·克莉絲汀哈斯和米高·F·費伊在《Phytotaxa》上的評論原文：[11]
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This is to date the only publication dealing with the genus Nepenthes throughout its geographical range. He [McPherson] humbly refers the reader to other taxonomic works, but these are all regional treatments. The level of information provided on all the species of Nepenthes is outstanding and has no precedent.
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McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World. 2 volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole.
Robinson, A., J. Nerz, A. Wistuba, M. Mansur & S. McPherson 2011. Nepenthes lamii Jebb & Cheek, an emended description resulting from the separation of a two-species complex, and the introduction of Nepenthes monticola, a new species of highland pitcher plant from New Guinea. In: McPherson, S.R. New Nepenthes: Volume One. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. pp. 522–555. Nerz, J., A. Wistuba, C.C. Lee, G. Bourke, U. Zimmermann & S. McPherson 2011. Nepenthes nigra, a new pitcher plant from Central Sulawesi. In: McPherson, S.R. New Nepenthes: Volume One. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. pp. 468–491. Gronemeyer, T., A. Wistuba, V. Heinrich, S. McPherson, F. Mey & A. Amoroso 2010. Nepenthes hamiguitanensis (Nepenthaceae), a new pitcher plant species from Mindanao Island, Philippines. In: S.R. McPherson Carnivorous Plants and their Habitats. Volume 2. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. pp. 1296–1305.
