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An upper pitcher of Nepenthes lowii, a tropical pitcher plant that supplements its carnivorous diet with tree shrew droppings. [1] [2] [3]Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods, and occasionally small mammals and birds.
Aldrovanda / ˌ æ l d r ə ˈ v æ n d ə / is a genus of carnivorous plants encompassing one extant species (Aldrovanda vesiculosa, the waterwheel plant) and numerous extinct taxa.The genus is named in honor of the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi, the founder of the Botanical Garden of Bologna, Orto Botanico dell'Università di Bologna. [2]
Darlingtonia californica / dɑːrlɪŋˈtoʊniə kælɪˈfɔːrnɪkə / —also called the California pitcher plant, the Oregon pitcher plant, cobra lily or cobra plant —is a species of carnivorous plant in the new world pitcher plant family, Sarraceniaceae. It is the sole species within its monotypic genus, Darlingtonia. The cobra lily is ...
The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant native to the temperate and subtropical wetlands of North Carolina and South Carolina, on the East Coast of the United States. [4] Although various modern hybrids have been created in cultivation, D. muscipula is the only species of the monotypic genus Dionaea.
A February 2015 Paraglide article stated there are about 40 known unmarked locations where the insect-eating plants grow on post. Botanist Janet Gray looks over a cluster of Venus flytraps growing ...
This list of carnivorous plants is a comprehensive listing of all known carnivorous plant species, of which more than 750 are currently recognised. [1] Unless otherwise stated it is based on Jan Schlauer's Carnivorous Plant Database Archived 2016-09-18 at the Wayback Machine. Extinct taxa are denoted with a dagger (†).
Drosera, which is commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species. [2] These members of the family Droseraceae [1] lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surfaces. The insects are used to supplement the poor mineral nutrition of the ...
Bishop pine (Pinus muricata)*. Monterey pine (Pinus radiata)*. Pine (Pinus sp.)*. Torrey pine (Pinus torreyana)*. Blue elderberry (Sambucus mexicana) American dogwood (Cornus sericea)*. Eastwood ...