Family · Asterids
Lentibulariaceae
Bladderworts, butterworts
Carnivorous herbs trapping prey with bladders or sticky leaves; includes bladderworts and butterworts.
- Accepted species
- 453accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 3accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈33 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Utricularia
- Pinguicula
- Genlisea
Genera
Utricularia292 spp.
Pinguicula131 spp.
Genlisea30 spp.
Where it grows
- Southern America159
- Northern America95
- Australasia88
- Asia-Tropical68
- Africa54
- Asia-Temperate50
- Europe40
- Pacific5
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Lentibulariaceae sits in the order Lamiales.
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- LinderniaceaeFalse pimpernels330
- CalceolariaceaeSlipper flowers274
- PhrymaceaeMonkeyflowers230
- PedaliaceaeSesame79
- Mazaceae50
- Stilbaceae40
- Schlegeliaceae38
- MartyniaceaeDevil's claw14
- PaulowniaceaeEmpress tree11
- ByblidaceaeRainbow plants8
- Thomandersiaceae6
- Carlemanniaceae5
- Tetrachondraceae3
- Plocospermataceae1