List of carnivorous plants

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Darlingtonia californica is a carnivorous plant, the sole member of the genus Darlingtonia in the family Sarraceniaceae.

This list of carnivorous plants is a comprehensive listing of all known carnivorous plant species. It is mostly based on Jan Schlauer's Carnivorous Plant Database. The list of Nepenthes species is based on Pitcher Plants of the Old World (2009).[1]

Extinct taxa are denoted with a dagger (†).

Contents

[edit] Aldrovanda

[edit] Archaeamphora

Artist's restoration of Archaeamphora longicervia.

[edit] Brocchinia

[edit] Byblis

[edit] Catopsis

[edit] Cephalotus

[edit] Darlingtonia

[edit] Dionaea

[edit] Drosera

[edit] Droserapollis

[edit] Droserapites

[edit] Droseridites

[edit] Drosophyllum

[edit] Fischeripollis

[edit] Genlisea

[edit] Heliamphora

[edit] Ibicella

[edit] Nepenthes

[edit] Paepalanthus

[edit] Palaeoaldrovanda

[edit] Pinguicula

[edit] Roridula

[edit] Sarracenia

[edit] Saxonipollis

[edit] Stylidium

Bud and scape of Stylidium fimbriatum displaying the trichomes that can trap and kill insects.
Stlydium laricifolium print from William Jackson Hooker's 1823 Exotic Flora.
Curtis's Botanical Magazine print of Stylidium scandens.

[edit] Triphyophyllum

[edit] Utricularia

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ McPherson, S.R. 2009. Pitcher Plants of the Old World. Redfern Natural History Productions Ltd., Poole.