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Carnivorous Plants in the Wilderness
by Makoto Honda
 

  

  Preface

  Contents

  Introduction

  1.
Pitcher Plants
  2.
Cobra Plant
  3.
Sundews
  4.
Venus Flytrap
  5.
Butterworts
  6.
Bladderworts

  References

  Home

 

Classification of Carnivorous Plants         List of Species   World Map   Phylogeny

Monocot 

ORDER
Poales
FAMILY Eriocaulaceae
             GENUS Paepalanthus (1) P .bromelioides

FAMILY Bromeliaceae
             GENUS Brocchinia
(2) B. hectioides  B.reducta
             GENUS
Catopsis (1) C. berteroniana
 
ORDER
Caryophyllales
FAMILY Droseraceae
             GENUS Drosera (150)
            
GENUS Dionaea (1) D. muscipula
            
GENUS Aldrovanda (1) A. vesiculosa
FAMILY Nepenthaceae
             GENUS Nepenthes (92)
FAMILY
Drosophyllaceae  
             GENUS Drosophyllum * (1) D. lusitanicum
FAMILY Dioncophyllaceae
             GENUS Triphyophyllum (1) T. peltatum
 
ORDER
Oxalidales
FAMILY Cephalotaceae
             GENUS Cephalotus (1) C. follicularis
 
ORDER
Ericales
FAMILY Sarraceniaceae
             GENUS Sarracenia (8)
             GENUS Darlingtonia (1) D. californica
             GENUS Heliamphora (9)
FAMILY Roridulaceae 
             GENUS Roridula **
(2) R. dentata R. gorgonias
 
Zygomorphic flowers



ORDER

Lamiales

FAMILY Byblidaceae  
             GENUS Byblis (5) B.aquatica  B.filifolia  B.gigantea  B.liniflora  B.rorida 
FAMILY Martyniaceae  
             GENUS
Ibicella (2) I. lutea
            
GENUS Proboscidea *** (1) P. lousianica 
 
FAMILY Lentibulariaceae  
 
             GENUS Pinguicula (91)              GENUS Utricularia **** (218)
             GENUS Genlisea (22)
 

Based on Hasebe (2005), Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003), Hilu et al. (2003), Komiya (1994), Juniper et al. (1989) and others. Number of species shown in the parentheses. Only angiosperms, or flowering plants, are considered here.

* Drosophyllum is placed in its own family.
** Some authors, including Lloyd (1942) and Juniper et al., consider Roridula non-carnivorous.
*** Proboscidea is not considered carnivorous, but is included here because of its close relationship to Ibicella.
**** Following P. Taylor (1989) and others, Biovularia (B. olivacea) and Polypompholyx (P. multifida and P. tenella) are placed in Utricularia. 

 
Last update: February 10, 2006                        List of Species    World Map      Phylogeny