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Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants known as pitfall traps—a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with digestive 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 prey with nectar. [1]
Sarracenia trap insects using pitchers with nectar and slippery footing around the lip The anatomy of S. purpurea. Sarracenia (/ ˌ s ær ə ˈ s iː n i ə / or / ˌ s ær ə ˈ s ɛ n i ə /) is a genus comprising 8 to 11 species of North American pitcher plants, commonly called trumpet pitchers.
Nepenthes (/ n ɪ ˈ p ɛ n θ iː z / nih-PEN-theez) is a genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants, or monkey cups, in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae. The genus includes about 170 species , [ 4 ] and numerous natural and many cultivated hybrids.
Nepenthes clipeata (/ n ɪ ˈ p ɛ n θ iː z ˌ k l ɪ p i ˈ ɑː t ə /; from Latin clipeus "round shield", referring to the leaf shape), or the shield-leaved pitcher-plant, [3] is a tropical pitcher plant known only from the near-vertical granite cliff faces of Mount Kelam in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. It has an elevational distribution ...
Nepenthes truncata (/ n ɪ ˈ p ɛ n θ iː z t r ʌ ŋ ˈ k ɑː t ə /; from Latin truncatus "terminating abruptly") is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Philippines. It is known from the islands of Dinagat, Leyte, and Mindanao. [3] The species grows at an elevation of 0–1500 m above sea level. [4]
The pitcher is filled with water and enzymes produced by the plant and helpful in the digestion of prey. In the wild, Sarracenia minor seems very attractive to ants, although it also attracts and eats a wide range of flying insects.
Nepenthes khasiana (/ n ɪ ˈ p ɛ n θ iː z ˌ x æ s i ˈ ɑː n ə /; after the Khasi Hills, to which it is largely endemic) is an endangered tropical pitcher plant of the genus Nepenthes. It is the only Nepenthes species native to India. It is thought to attract prey by means of blue fluorescence. [4]
Nepenthes fusca / n ɪ ˈ p ɛ n θ iː z ˈ f ʌ s k ə /, or the dusky pitcher-plant, [7] is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Borneo.It is found throughout a wide altitudinal range and is almost always epiphytic in nature, primarily growing in mossy forest.