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Pinguicula (butterwort)

Synonyms: Brandonia; Isoloba; Pinguicola

Wikipedia Abstract

Pinguicula, commonly known as the butterworts, is a genus of carnivorous plants that use sticky, glandular leaves to lure, trap, and digest insects in order to supplement the poor mineral nutrition they obtain from the environment. Of the roughly 80 currently known species, 12 are native to Europe, 9 to North America, and some in northern Asia. The largest number of species is in South and Central America.
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Species

Pinguicula acuminata
Pinguicula agnata
Pinguicula albida
Pinguicula alpicola
Pinguicula alpina (alpine butterwort) (Attributes)
Pinguicula antarctica
Pinguicula apuana
Pinguicula australandina
Pinguicula baezensis
Pinguicula balcanica (Balkanian butterwort)
Pinguicula benedicta
Pinguicula bicolor
Pinguicula bissei
Pinguicula bustamanta
Pinguicula caerulea (blueflower butterwort) (Attributes)
Pinguicula calderoniae
Pinguicula calyptrata
Pinguicula caryophyllacea
Pinguicula casabitoana
Pinguicula casperi
Pinguicula casperiana
Pinguicula caudata
Pinguicula caussensis
Pinguicula chilensis
Pinguicula christinae
Pinguicula clivorum
Pinguicula colimensis
Pinguicula conzattii
Pinguicula corsica
Pinguicula crassifolia
Pinguicula crenatiloba
Pinguicula crystallina
Pinguicula cubensis
Pinguicula cyclosecta
Pinguicula debbertiana
Pinguicula dertosensis
Pinguicula ehlersiae
Pinguicula elizabethae
Pinguicula elizabethiae
Pinguicula elongata
Pinguicula emarginata
Pinguicula esseriana
Pinguicula filifolia
Pinguicula fiorii
Pinguicula fontiqueriana (Vulnerable)
Pinguicula gigantea
Pinguicula gracilis
Pinguicula grandiflora (large-flowered butterwort)
Pinguicula greenwoodii
Pinguicula gypsicola
Pinguicula habilii
Pinguicula hemiepiphytica
Pinguicula heterophylla
Pinguicula hondurensis
Pinguicula hybrida
Pinguicula ibarrae
Pinguicula imitatrix
Pinguicula immaculata
Pinguicula infundibuliformis
Pinguicula involucrata
Pinguicula involuta
Pinguicula ionantha (Godfrey's butterwort) (Attributes)
Pinguicula jackii
Pinguicula jaraguana
Pinguicula jarmilae
Pinguicula kamtschatica
Pinguicula kondoi
Pinguicula lattanziae
Pinguicula laueana
Pinguicula laxifolia
Pinguicula leptoceras
Pinguicula lignicola
Pinguicula lilacina
Pinguicula lippoldii
Pinguicula lithophytica
Pinguicula longifolia
Pinguicula lusitanica (Pale Butterwort) (Attributes)
Pinguicula lutea (yellow butterwort) (Attributes)
Pinguicula macroceras (California butterwort)
Pinguicula macrophylla
Pinguicula mariae
Pinguicula martinezii
Pinguicula mesophytica
Pinguicula michoacana
Pinguicula mirandae
Pinguicula moaensis
Pinguicula moctezumae
Pinguicula moranensis
Pinguicula mundi
Pinguicula mundtii
Pinguicula nahuelbutensis
Pinguicula nevadensis (Endangered)
Pinguicula nivalis
Pinguicula oblongiloba
Pinguicula olmeca
Pinguicula orchidioides
Pinguicula orthoceras
Pinguicula parvifolia
Pinguicula pilosa
Pinguicula planifolia (Chapman's butterwort) (Attributes)
Pinguicula poldinii
Pinguicula primuliflora (southern butterwort) (Attributes)
Pinguicula pumila (small butterwort) (Attributes)
Pinguicula pygmaea
Pinguicula ramosa
Pinguicula robertiana
Pinguicula rosmariae
Pinguicula rosmarieae
Pinguicula rotundiflora
Pinguicula rzedowskiana
Pinguicula saetabensis
Pinguicula scullyi
Pinguicula sehuensis
Pinguicula sharpii
Pinguicula simulans
Pinguicula takakii
Pinguicula tejedensis
Pinguicula toldensis
Pinguicula utricularioides
Pinguicula vallis-regiae
Pinguicula vallisneriifolia
Pinguicula variegata
Pinguicula villosa (hairy butterwort) (Attributes)
Pinguicula violacea
Pinguicula vulgaris (common butterwort) (Attributes)
Pinguicula zamudioana
Pinguicula zecheri

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0