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Encyclopedia > Lentibulariaceae

Bladderwort family
Lentibulariaceae
Grasette
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Scrophulariales
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Genera

Genlisea
Pinguicula
Utricularia


Lentibulariaceae is a family of carnivorous plants containing three genera: Genlisea, the corkscrew plants, Pinguicula, the butterworts, and Utricularia, the bladderworts.

Lentibulariaceae - Utricularia Humboldtii
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Lentibulariaceae - Utricularia Humboldtii

The genus Polypompholyx (three species of pink petticoats or fairy aprons) was formerly regarded as a fourth member, but has been recently relegated to a subgenus of Utricularia.


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LENTIBULARIACEAE (855 words)
The Lentibulariaceae are a large herbaceous group of carnivorous plants, well represented in both temperate and tropical regions, and occupying aquatic, semi-terrestrial and epiphytic habitats.
The Lentibulariaceae is a well defined family of three carnivorous genera, each with a distinct trap mechanism.
Lentibulariaceae are perennial and annual herbaceous, carnivorous plants of aquatic and wet habitats.
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