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Australian pitcher plant information


Australian pitcher plant
Cephalotus follicularis
Conservation status
Australian pitcher plant
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Cephalotaceae
Genus: Cephalotus
Species:
C. follicularis
Binomial name
Cephalotus follicularis
Labill.
Synonyms

Australian pitcher plant, Albany pitcher plant

The Australian pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis), also known as Albany pitcher plant, is the only species of plant in the Cephalotaceae family and Oxalidales order. It can be found exclusively in moist conditions in a small region in southwest Australia and is considered to be a carnivorous plant. Similar to the not related Nepenthes, it catches its victims with pitfall traps.

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