Carnivorous Plant Genuses
Botanists currently recognize 18 groups of carnivorous plants that make up the 700+ species found throughout the world. Aldrovanda (Waterwheel) Brocchinia (Bromeliad) Byblis (Rainbow Plant) Catopsis (Bromeliad) Cephalotus (Australian Pitcher) Darlingtonia (Cobra Plant) Dionaea (Venus Flytrap) Drosera (Sundew) Drosophyllum (Dewy Pine) Genlisea (Corkscrew Plant) Heliamphora Nepenthes (Tropical Asian Pitcher) Philcoxia Pinguicula Roridula Sarracenia Triphyophyllum Utricularia The botanical names for these groups of plants are in italics. The common names are in parenthesis. Both names are used interchangeably among hobbyists, so...