Insectivorous Plant Society

The Insectivorous Plant Society (食虫植物研究会, Shokuchūshokubutsu kenkyū-kai), often abbreviated as IPS, is an organization based in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan.

[1][2] As of 2002, the society's chairman was Sadashi Komiya, professor emeritus of The Nippon Dental University.

He was joined by the two vice chairmen, Momozo Tanaka and Yoshiyuki Sodekawa, as well as ten other committee members.

[4] Five society meetings are held each year at The Nippon Dental University, usually in the months of January, April, June, October, and November.

[3] The IPS is probably best known for its quarterly publication, The Journal of Insectivorous Plant Society, published since January 1950.