The North American continent is home to a wide variety of carnivorous plant species. Species from seven genera are native to the continent, and three of these genera are found nowhere else on the planet.
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Dionaea%2C_fly._1.jpg/220px-Dionaea%2C_fly._1.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Drosera._Limonia.jpg/220px-Drosera._Limonia.jpg)
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Genera and species
edit- Darlingtonia
- Dionaea
- Drosera anglica
- Drosera brevifolia
- Drosera capillaris
- Drosera filiformis
- Drosera intermedia
- Drosera linearis
- Drosera rotundifolia
- Drosera tracyi
- Sarracenia alabamensis
- Sarracenia alata
- Sarracenia flava
- Sarracenia jonesii
- Sarracenia leucophylla
- Sarracenia minor
- Sarracenia oreophila
- Sarracenia psittacina
- Sarracenia purpurea
- Sarracenia rosea
- Sarracenia rubra
- Pinguicula acuminata
- Pinguicula conzattii
- Pinguicula elizabethiae
- Pinguicula filifolia
- Pinguicula gigantea
- Pinguicula gypsicola
- Pinguicula ionantha
- Pinguicula laxifolia
- Pinguicula lippoldii
- Pinguicula lithophytica
- Pinguicula lutea
- Pinguicula moranensis
- Pinguicula orchidioides
- Pinguicula primuliflora
- Pinguicula toldensis
- Pinguicula vulgaris
- Utricularia amethystina
- Utricularia breviscapa
- Utricularia cornuta
- Utricularia floridana
- Utricularia foliosa
- Utricularia geminiscapa
- Utricularia gibba
- Utricularia hintonii
- Utricularia hispida
- Utricularia hydrocarpa
- Utricularia inflata
- Utricularia intermedia
- Utricularia juncea
- Utricularia macrorhiza
- Utricularia minor
- Utricularia ochroleuca
- Utricularia olivacea
- Utricularia perversa
- Utricularia petersoniae
- Utricularia purpurea
- Utricularia pusilla
- Utricularia radiata
- Utricularia regia
- Utricularia resupinata
- Utricularia simulans
- Utricularia striata
- Utricularia stygia
- Utricularia subulata
- Utricularia vulgaris
References
edit- "North American Carnivorous Plant Fact Sheet" (PDF). 5 December 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-14. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- "The Carnivorous Plant FAQ: What carnivorous plants live in Mexico?". sarracenia.com. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- "The Carnivorous Plant FAQ: North American Drosera". sarracenia.com. Retrieved 2015-10-11.
- Taylor, Peter (1991). "Utricularia in North America north of Mexico" (PDF). Carnivorous Plant Newsletter. 20 (1–2): 8–14. doi:10.55360/cpn201-2.pt733. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- Taylor, Peter (1991). "Notes on distribution of North American Utricularia" (PDF). Carnivorous Plant Newsletter. 20 (1–2): 14–20. doi:10.55360/cpn201-2.pt927. Retrieved 16 December 2015.