Plants of the genus Sarracenia are commonly known as trumpet pitchers or American pitcher plants. These plants get their name from long pitchers that produce nectar near the top rim. When insects ...

It is the only species of its genus and does not produce its own digestive enzymes, relying on bacteria to break downs its prey. Low's pitcher plant (Nepenthes Iowii) gathers nutrients in a way unlike ...

Both kinds of pitcher plants—the tropical genus Nepenthes and the North American Sarracenia—grow deep pitcher-shaped leaves and employ the same strategy for capturing prey. Yet they evolved ...

The new species is a member of the Nepenthes genus, which is made up of more ... Nepenthes pongoides (Nepenthaceae), a micro-endemic tropical pitcher plant from northern Borneo, Australian Journal ...

Pitcher plants are a group of carnivorous plants that catch insects in their namesake columnar traps. There is a wide variety ...