Nepenthes
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| Nepenthes | |
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| A rosette plant of N. peltata growing on Mount Hamiguitan, Mindanao, Philippines | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nepenthaceae Dumort.[1] |
| Genus: | Nepenthes L. |
| Species | |
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See below or separate list. | |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 150+ species | |
| Synonyms | |
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The pitcher plants (Nepenthes) are carnivorous plants. In Malaysian Borneo they are stuffed with coconut rice and eaten.[3]
References
- ↑ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ↑ Cheek, M.; Jebb, M. (2013). "The Nepenthes micramphora (Nepenthaceae) group, with two new species from Mindanao, Philippines". Phytotaxa. 151 (1): 25–34. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.151.1.2.
- ↑ "Where people eat carnivorous plants".