Paepalanthus bromelioides

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 the Gran Sabana region, 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.

Carnivorous and protocarnivorous plants

Carnivorous genera († extinct)	Aldrovanda †Archaeamphora Brocchinia Byblis Catopsis Cephalotus Darlingtonia Dionaea Drosera †Droserapites †Droserapollis †Droseridites Drosophyllum †Fischeripollis Genlisea Heliamphora Nepenthes †Palaeoaldrovanda Philcoxia Pinguicula Roridula Sarracenia †Saxonipollis Triphyophyllum Utricularia

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

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

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