Paepalanthus bromelioides

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Paepalanthus bromelioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Eriocaulaceae
Genus:	Paepalanthus
Species:	P. bromelioides
Binomial name
*Paepalanthus bromelioides* Silv.

Paepalanthus distribution

Paepalanthus bromelioides is a species in the flowering plant family Eriocaulaceae. This family is placed in the Poales, close to the Bromeliaceae, whose morphology this genus shares. Paepalanthus bromelioides is native to Cerrado, the area in which the carnivorous bromeliad Brocchinia reducta is also found. There is some speculation that the occasional insects trapped in the urn of this plant are evidence of its being a carnivorous plant; however, this is highly speculative.

v t e Carnivorous plants (list)

Genera	Aldrovanda Brocchinia Byblis Catopsis Cephalotus Darlingtonia Dionaea Drosera Drosophyllum Genlisea Heliamphora Nepenthes Philcoxia Pinguicula Roridula Sarracenia Triphyophyllum Utricularia

Protocarnivorous	Aracamunia Capsella Colura Dipsacus Drymocallis Geranium Ibicella Lathraea Paepalanthus Passiflora Plumbago Proboscidea Stylidium

Extinct	Archaeamphora Droserapites Droserapollis Droseridites Fischeripollis Palaeoaldrovanda Saxonipollis

See also	International Carnivorous Plant Society Insectivorous Plant Society List of carnivorous plant periodicals People associated with carnivorous plants Pitcher plant

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