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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.
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 villosa / n ɪ ˈ p ɛ n θ iː z v ɪ ˈ l oʊ z ə /, or the villose pitcher-plant, [4] is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Mount Kinabalu and neighbouring Mount Tambuyukon in northeastern Borneo. It grows at higher elevations than any other Bornean Nepenthes species, occurring at elevations of over 3,200 m (10,500 ft).
Green pitcher plant habitat. The green pitcher plant has suffered a devastating decline throughout its former range. Development for both urban and rural uses has led to the widespread alteration of the specific bog habitat of this species. Pitcher plants have also been over-collected for the commercial plant trade; such rare and unusual ...
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 ...
The pitcher lid or operculum is ovate, very broad, and has a cordate base. An unbranched spur (≤9 mm long) is inserted near the base of the lid. Upper pitchers are similar to their lower counterparts in most respects. They differ in having a more cylindrical shape, reduced wings, and the hip always being located in the upper half. [5]
Nepenthes distillatoria (/ n ɪ ˈ p ɛ n θ iː z d ɪ ˌ s t ɪ l ə ˈ t ɔːr i ə /; Neo-Latin, from Latin: destillo "to distill", -oria, adjectival ending; "something from which a liquid is distilled", i.e., pitcher) is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sri Lanka.
Nepenthes pitopangii / n ɪ ˈ p ɛ n θ iː z ˌ p ɪ t oʊ ˈ p æ ŋ ɡ i aɪ / is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. [3] Discovered in 2006, N. pitopangii was initially known from a single plant at a remote locality in Lore Lindu National Park.