Carnivorous plants of Australia

Cephalotus follicularis, a low growing pitcher plant endemic to Southwest Australia
For the three-volume work by Allen Lowrie, see Carnivorous Plants of Australia.

Australia has one of the world's richest carnivorous plant floras, with around 187 recognised species from 6 genera.[1]

Species

The following list is derived from Australian Carnivorous Plants (2012) by Greg Bourke and Richard Nunn.[1] It notably excludes the genus Stylidium, whose members may be considered to be protocarnivorous or carnivorous because the glandular trichomes that cover the scape and flower can trap, kill, and digest small insects with protease enzymes produced by the plant.[2]

Aldrovanda (1 species)
Byblis (7 species; endemic)
Cephalotus (1 species; endemic)
  • Cephalotus follicularis
Drosera (116 species)
Nepenthes (3 species)
Utricularia (59 species)

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bourke, G. & R. Nunn 2012. Australian Carnivorous Plants. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole. ISBN 9781908787026
  2. Darnowski, D.W.; Carroll, D.M.; Płachno, B.; Kabanoff, E.; Cinnamon, E. (2006). "Evidence of protocarnivory in triggerplants (Stylidium spp.; Stylidiaceae)". Plant Biology 8 (6): 805–812. doi:10.1055/s-2006-924472.

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