Carnivorous plant genera are the genera of plant families whose members trap animals. The Tree of Life lists carnivorous plants in Droseraceae, Drosophyllaceae, Dioncophyllaceae and Nepenthaceae, with Nepenthaceae holding a single genus, Nepenthes, which ranges from Madagascar to New Caledonia. GBIF lists Drosera with about 358 descendant taxa alongside Aldrovanda and Dionaea, Sarracenia with about 94 and Heliamphora with about 35 in the Sarraceniaceae, and Utricularia with about 375, Pinguicula with about 243 and Genlisea with about 37 in the Lentibulariaceae.
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Tree of Life Web Project: Nepenthaceae
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Carnivorous plants classified in Droseraceae (3 genera; 115 species; cosmopolitan)
GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Nepenthaceae
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"canonicalName":"Nepenthes","vernacularName":"Pitcherplants","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. Ed. I: 955.","numDescendants":279
GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Droseraceae
GBIF SecretariatChildren of Droseraceae
"canonicalName":"Drosera","vernacularName":"sundew","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Sp. Pl.: 281 (1753)","numDescendants":358
Children of Droseraceae: Aldrovanda
"canonicalName":"Aldrovanda","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Sp. Pl.: 281 (1753)","numDescendants":4
Children of Droseraceae: Dionaea
"canonicalName":"Dionaea","vernacularName":"Venus fly trap","authorship":"J.Ellis","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 1: 98 (1773)","numDescendants":3
View the Source GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Sarraceniaceae
GBIF SecretariatChildren of Sarraceniaceae
"canonicalName":"Sarracenia","vernacularName":"Trumpet pitchers","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. Ed. 1: 510.","numDescendants":94
Children of Sarraceniaceae: Heliamphora
"canonicalName":"Heliamphora","vernacularName":"marsh pitchers","authorship":"Benth.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Benth. (1840). In: Proc. Linn. Soc. 1: 53, Et Trans. Linn. Soc. 18: 432. T. 29.","numDescendants":35
View the Source GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Lentibulariaceae
GBIF SecretariatChildren of Lentibulariaceae
"canonicalName":"Utricularia","vernacularName":"bladderwort","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl.: 18.","numDescendants":375
Children of Lentibulariaceae: Pinguicula
"canonicalName":"Pinguicula","vernacularName":"butterworts","authorship":"L.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. 1: 17.","numDescendants":243
Children of Lentibulariaceae: Genlisea
"canonicalName":"Genlisea","vernacularName":"Corkscrew Plant","authorship":"A.St.-Hil.","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"A. St.-Hil. (1883). In: Voy. Distr. Diam. 2: 428.","numDescendants":37
View the Source Nepenthes (Wikipedia)
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Nepenthes ( nih-PEN-theez) is a genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants, or monkey cups, in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae.
Drosera (Wikipedia)
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Drosera, which is commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species.
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