Pitcher plants are several different carnivorous plants that have modified leaves known as pitfall traps—a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity...
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The Australian pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis), also known as Albany pitcher plant, is the only species of plant in the Cephalotaceae family and...
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Darlingtonia californica (redirect from California Pitcher plant)
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...
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Cephalotus (redirect from Albany Pitcher Plant)
Albany pitcher plant, a small carnivorous pitcher plant. The pit-fall traps of the modified leaves have inspired the common names for this plant, which...
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Nepenthes (redirect from Tropical pitcher plant)
Nepenthes (/nɪˈpɛnθiːz/) is a genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants, or monkey cups, in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae...
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Sarracenia purpurea (redirect from Purple pitcher plant)
Sarracenia purpurea, the purple pitcher plant, northern pitcher plant, turtle socks, or side-saddle flower, is a carnivorous plant in the family Sarraceniaceae...
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the resulting available nutrients. Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula), pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis), and bladderwort (Utricularia gibba) can be...
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Sarracenia (redirect from American pitcher plant)
genus comprising 8 to 11 species of North American pitcher plants, commonly called trumpet pitchers. The genus belongs to the family Sarraceniaceae, which...
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Nepenthes rajah (redirect from King pitcher plant)
Nepenthes rajah /nɪˈpɛnθiːz ˈrɑːdʒə/ is a carnivorous pitcher plant species of the family Nepenthaceae. It is endemic to Mount Kinabalu and neighbouring...
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Nepenthes attenboroughii (redirect from Attenborough's pitcher plant)
ˌætənˈbʌriaɪ, - ˌætənbəˈroʊɡiaɪ/), or Attenborough's pitcher plant, is a montane species of carnivorous pitcher plant of the genus Nepenthes. It is named after the...
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Nepenthes ampullaria (redirect from Flask-Shaped Pitcher-Plant)
meaning "flask") is a very distinctive and widespread species of tropical pitcher plant, present in Borneo, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Peninsular Malaysia...
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Sarracenia flava (redirect from Yellow pitcher plant)
North Carolina. Like other members of the genus Sarracenia, the yellow pitcher plant traps insects using a rolled leaf, which in this species is a vibrant...
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Baghmara Pitcher plant Wildlife Sanctuary or Baghmara Wildlife Sanctuary or Baghmara Reserve Forest is a wildlife sanctuary located in the Indian state...
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Sarracenia oreophila (redirect from Green Pitcher Plant)
carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. It has highly modified leaves in the form of pitchers that act as pitfall traps for prey. The narrow pitcher leaves...
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Wyeomyia smithii (redirect from Purple Pitcher Mosquito)
Wyeomyia smithii, the pitcher plant mosquito, is an inquiline mosquito that completes its pre-adult life cycle in the phytotelma of—that is, the water...
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Nepenthes lowii (redirect from Low's Pitcher-Plant)
Nepenthes lowii /nɪˈpɛnθiːz ˈloʊiaɪ/, or Low's pitcher-plant, is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Borneo. It is named after Hugh Low, who discovered...
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Colobopsis schmitzi (redirect from Pitcher-plant ant)
the diving ant, swimming ant or pitcher-plant ant, due to their habit of diving into the digestive fluids of their plant host Nepenthes bicalcarata. They...
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Nepenthes bicalcarata (redirect from Fanged Pitcher-Plant)
from Latin for "two-spurred"), also known as the fanged pitcher-plant, is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to northwestern Borneo, Indonesia. It is a myrmecophyte...
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Heliamphora (redirect from Marsh pitcher)
"amphora") contains 24 species of pitcher plants endemic to South America. The species are collectively known as sun pitchers, based on the mistaken notion...
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Nepenthes rafflesiana (redirect from Raffles' Pitcher-Plant)
ræˌfliːziˈɑːnə/; after Stamford Raffles), or Raffles' pitcher-plant, is a species of tropical pitcher plant. It has a very wide distribution covering Borneo...
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Nepenthes mirabilis (redirect from Common Swamp Pitcher-Plant)
mirabilis "wonderful"), or the common swamp pitcher-plant and tropical pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant species. By far the most widespread of all...
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Sarracenia alabamensis (redirect from Alabama Canebrake Pitcher Plant)
Sarracenia alabamensis, also known as the cane-brake pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus Sarracenia. Like all Sarracenia, it is native...
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List of Nepenthes literature (redirect from The Pitcher Plant: Nepenthes khasiana)
literature is a listing of major published works dealing with the tropical pitcher plants of the genus Nepenthes. It includes specialised standalone publications...
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purpurea - the purple pitcher plant. Pitcher plants are natural bottle traps. Both of these are invasives in France and pitchers were found to be naturally...
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Nepenthes burbidgeae (redirect from Painted pitcher plant)
bɜːrˈbɪdʒiaɪ/, also known as the painted pitcher plant or Burbidge's Pitcher-Plant, is a tropical pitcher plant with a patchy distribution around Mount...
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Self-cleaning surfaces (section Pitcher plant)
applications. Wong et al. developed a surface inspired by the system on the pitcher plant. This surface, named “slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces” (SLIPS)...
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Sarracenia psittacina (redirect from Parrot pitcher plant)
entrance in the pitcher mouth, which prey goes through in search of more nectar that was produced by the plant on the rim of the pitcher mouth. The prey...
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Editor in Chief. In 2007, Robinson co-discovered the giant Palawan pitcher plant, Nepenthes attenboroughii, for which he published the formal description...
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Nepenthes clipeata (redirect from Shield-Leaved Pitcher-Plant)
shield", referring to the leaf shape), or the shield-leaved pitcher-plant, is a tropical pitcher plant known only from the near-vertical granite cliff faces...
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Nepenthes albomarginata (redirect from White-Collared Pitcher-Plant)
Nepenthes albomarginata /nɪˈpɛnθiːz ˌælboʊmɑːrdʒɪˈnɑːtə/ is a tropical pitcher plant native to Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra. The specific epithet...
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