• Thumbnail for Pitcher plant
    liquid. The traps of pitcher plant are considered to be "true" pitcher plants and are formed by specialized leaves. The plants attract and drown the...
    15 KB (1,755 words) - 09:19, 2 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cephalotus
    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...
    27 KB (3,074 words) - 03:35, 25 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nepenthes
    (/nɪˈpɛnθiːz/ nih-PEN-theez) is a genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants, or monkey cups, in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae...
    64 KB (6,981 words) - 23:05, 15 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Darlingtonia californica
    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...
    18 KB (2,011 words) - 17:28, 18 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Carnivorous plant
    resulting available nutrients. Venus flytraps (Dionaea muscipula), pitcher plants, and bladderworts (Utricularia spp.) can be seen as exemplars of key...
    102 KB (11,894 words) - 03:56, 17 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sarracenia
    genus comprising 8 to 11 species of North American pitcher plants, commonly called trumpet pitchers. The genus belongs to the family Sarraceniaceae, which...
    45 KB (5,013 words) - 11:23, 24 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sarracenia purpurea
    Sarracenia purpurea, the purple pitcher plant, northern pitcher plant, turtle socks, or side-saddle flower, is a carnivorous plant in the family Sarraceniaceae...
    18 KB (1,768 words) - 15:54, 16 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nepenthes rajah
    Nepenthes rajah /nɪˈpɛnθiːz ˈrɑːdʒə/ is a carnivorous pitcher plant species of the family Nepenthaceae. It is endemic to Mount Kinabalu and neighbouring...
    53 KB (5,973 words) - 16:58, 7 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pitcher (container)
    (symbolism of pitcher like object in Indian religions) Bridge spouted vessel Creamer (vessel) Hydria Jar Jug (container) Obdasta Oenochoe Pitcher plant, a group...
    8 KB (726 words) - 20:53, 17 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nepenthes attenboroughii
    ˌætənˈbʌriaɪ, - ˌætənbəˈroʊɡiaɪ/), or Attenborough's pitcher plant, is a montane species of carnivorous pitcher plant of the genus Nepenthes. It is named after the...
    20 KB (2,060 words) - 01:54, 27 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wyeomyia smithii
    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...
    10 KB (1,281 words) - 22:00, 15 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sarracenia flava
    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...
    7 KB (769 words) - 13:11, 28 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nepenthes lowii
    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...
    53 KB (6,303 words) - 04:17, 14 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nepenthes ampullaria
    meaning "flask") is a very distinctive and widespread species of tropical pitcher plant, present in Borneo, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Peninsular Malaysia...
    44 KB (4,571 words) - 18:25, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Heliamphora
    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...
    29 KB (2,304 words) - 01:07, 9 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nepenthes albomarginata
    Nepenthes albomarginata /nɪˈpɛnθiːz ˌælboʊmɑːrdʒɪˈnɑːtə/ is a tropical pitcher plant native to Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra. The specific epithet...
    31 KB (3,063 words) - 18:25, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Baghmara Pitcher Plant Wildlife Sanctuary
    Baghmara Pitcher plant Wildlife Sanctuary or Baghmara Wildlife Sanctuary or Baghmara Reserve Forest is a wildlife sanctuary located in the Indian state...
    2 KB (206 words) - 19:36, 3 February 2023
  • Thumbnail for Colobopsis schmitzi
    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...
    11 KB (1,417 words) - 17:32, 3 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sarraceniaceae
    Sarracenia (North American pitcher plants), Darlingtonia (the cobra lily or California pitcher plant), and Heliamphora (sun pitchers). The extinct Archaeamphora...
    8 KB (777 words) - 20:12, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nepenthes rafflesiana
    ræˌfliːziˈɑːnə/; after Stamford Raffles), or Raffles' pitcher-plant, is a species of tropical pitcher plant. It has a very wide distribution covering Borneo...
    47 KB (5,115 words) - 04:56, 16 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Alastair Robinson
    Editor in Chief. In 2007, Robinson co-discovered the giant Palawan pitcher plant, Nepenthes attenboroughii, for which he published the formal description...
    17 KB (1,750 words) - 01:36, 2 November 2022
  • applications. Wong et al. developed a surface inspired by the system on the pitcher plant. This surface, named “slippery liquid-infused porous surfaces” (SLIPS)...
    50 KB (6,213 words) - 06:48, 19 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sarracenia oreophila
    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...
    10 KB (1,115 words) - 17:23, 16 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nepenthes mirabilis
    mirabilis "wonderful"), or the common swamp pitcher-plant and tropical pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant species. By far the most widespread of all...
    65 KB (5,963 words) - 04:59, 16 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nepenthes bicalcarata
    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...
    52 KB (5,403 words) - 05:11, 6 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sarracenia psittacina
    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...
    3 KB (236 words) - 22:28, 17 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nepenthes clipeata
    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...
    16 KB (1,725 words) - 00:06, 12 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nepenthes villosa
    Nepenthes villosa /nɪˈpɛnθiːz vɪˈloʊzə/, or the villose pitcher-plant, is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Mount Kinabalu and neighbouring Mount Tambuyukon...
    37 KB (4,259 words) - 20:52, 27 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Treeshrew
    adaptation to be able to consume spicy foods in their natural habitats. Pitcher plants like the Nepenthes lowii, supplements its carnivorous diet with tree...
    20 KB (1,981 words) - 16:53, 19 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of Nepenthes literature
    literature is a listing of major published works dealing with the tropical pitcher plants of the genus Nepenthes. It includes specialised standalone publications...
    22 KB (509 words) - 19:20, 27 April 2024