Pinguicula

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Pinguicula']

English: Butterworts
العربية: صائد الحشرات
مصرى: صائد الحشرات
башҡортса: Майлы япраҡ
беларуская: Тлушчанка
български: Пингуикула
català: Pingüícula
čeština: Tučnice
dansk: Vibefedt-slægten
Deutsch: Fettkräuter
eesti: Võipätakas
فارسی: چرب‌گیاه
suomi: Yökönlehdet
français: Grassette
Gaeilge: Leith uisce
עברית: חמאית
hrvatski: Tustica
hornjoserbsce: Tučnička
magyar: Hízóka
íslenska: Lyfjagrös
日本語: ムシトリスミレ属
한국어: 벌레잡이제비꽃속
lietuvių: Tuklė
norsk bokmål: Tettegrasslekta
norsk: Tettegras
polski: Tłustosz
русский: Жирянка
davvisámegiella: Vuodjalasttat
slovenčina: Tučnica
slovenščina: Alpska mastnica
српски / srpski: Маснице
svenska: Tätörtssläktet
தமிழ்: பசைக் காகிதம்
українська: Товстянка
中文: 捕蟲堇屬, 捕虫堇属
中文（中国大陆）: 捕虫堇属
中文（简体）: 捕虫堇属
中文（繁體）: 捕蟲堇屬
中文（香港）: 捕蟲堇屬
中文（新加坡）: 捕虫堇属
中文（臺灣）: 捕蟲堇屬

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: eudicots • Cladus: core eudicots • Cladus: superasterids • Cladus: asterids • Cladus: euasterids I • Ordo: Lamiales • Familia: Lentibulariaceae • Genus: Pinguicula L. (1753)

Genus Pinguicula L. (1753)[edit]

120 Species[edit]

Included species (for Kew Gardens 'World Checklist', 8 July 2022):

P. acuminata, P. agnata, P. albida, P. algida, P. alpina, P. antarctica, P. apuana, P. arvetii, P. australandina, P. baezensis, P. balcanica, P. benedicta, P. bissei, P. bustamanta, P. caerulea, P. calderoniae, P. calyptrata, P. caryophyllacea, P. casabitoana, P. casperi, P. casperiana, P. caussensis, P. chilensis, P. christinae, P. colimensis, P. conzattii, P. corsica, P. crassifolia, P. crenatiloba, P. crystallina, P. cubensis, P. cyclosecta, P. debbertiana, P. dertosensis, P. ehlersiae, P. elizabethiae, P. elongata, P. emarginata, P. esseriana, P. filifolia, P. fiorii, P. fontiqueriana, P. gigantea, P. gracilis, P. grandiflora, P. greenwoodii, P. gypsicola, P. habilii, P. hemiepiphytica, P. heterophylla, P. hirtiflora, P. hondurensis, P. × hybrida, P. ibarrae, P. imitatrix, P. immaculata, P. infundibuliformis, P. involuta, P. ionantha, P. jackii, P. jaraguana, P. jarmilae, P. jaumavensis, P. kondoi, P. lattanziae, P. laueana, P. laxifolia, P. leptoceras, P. lignicola, P. lilacina, P. lippoldii, P. lithophytica, P. longifolia, P. lusitanica, P. lutea, P. macroceras, P. macrophylla, P. mariae, P. martinezii, P. medusina, P. mesophytica, P. michoacana, P. mirandae, P. moaensis, P. moctezumae, P. moranensis, P. mundi, P. nahuelbutensis, P. nevadensis, P. nivalis, P. oblongiloba, P. orchidioides, P. orthoceras, P. parvifolia, P. pilosa, P. planifolia, P. poldinii, P. primuliflora, P. pumila, P. pygmaea, P. ramosa, P. reichenbachiana, P. reticulata, P. robertiana, P. rosmariae, P. rotundiflora, P. rzedowskiana, P. saetabensis, P. × scullyi, P. × scullyi, P. × scullyi, P. sehuensis, P. sharpii, P. simulans, P. spathulata, P. takakii, P. tejedensis, P. utricularioides, P. vallis-regiae, P. vallisneriifolia, P. villosa, P. vulgaris, P. zamudioana, P. zecheri

Included species (for Tropicos, 8 July 2022):

P. acuminata, P. acutifolia, P. agnata, P. albida, P. algida, P. alpina, P. antarctica, P. arctica, P. australandina, P. australis, P. baezensis, P. bakeriana, P. balcanica, P. barbata, P. benedicta, P. bicolor, P. bissei, P. bohemica, P. bustamanta, P. caerulea, P. calderoniae, P. calyptrata, P. campanulata, P. caryophyllacea, P. casabitoana, P. casperi, P. caudata, P. chilensis, P. chuquisacensis, P. cladophila, P. clivorum, P. colimensis, P. conzattii, P. corsica, P. crassifolia, P. crenatiloba, P. crystallina, P. cubensis, P. cyclosecta, P. debbertiana, P. diversifolia, P. edentula, P. ehlersiae, P. elatior, P. elizabethiae, P. elongata, P. emarginata, P. esseriana, P. filifolia, P. fiorii, P. floridensis, P. flos-mulionis, P. gigantea, P. glandulosa, P. gracilis, P. grandiflora, P. greenwoodii, P. gypsicola, P. hemiepiphytica, P. heterophylla, P. hintoniorum, P. hirtiflora, P. hondurensis, P. huilensis, P. ibarrae, P. imitatrix, P. immaculata, P. infundibuliformis, P. involuta, P. ionantha, P. jackii, P. jaraguana, P. jarmilae, P. jaumavensis, P. jorgehintonii, P. kondoi, P. lateciliata, P. laueana, P. laxifolia, P. leptoceras, P. lignicola, P. lilacina, P. lithophytica, P. longifolia, P. lusitanica, P. lutea, P. macroceras, P. macrophylla, P. macrostyla, P. martinezii, P. medusina, P. megaspilaea, P. mesophytica, P. michoacana, P. microceras, P. mirandae, P. moaensis, P. moctezumae, P. moranensis, P. mundi, P. nahuelbutensis, P. nana, P. nevadensis, P. nivalis, P. oblongiloba, P. obtusiloba, P. olmeca, P. orchidioides, P. orthoceras, P. parvifolia, P. pilosa, P. planifolia, P. poldinii, P. potosiensis, P. primuliflora, P. pumila, P. pygmaea, P. rectifolia, P. reticulata, P. robertiana, P. rosei, P. rosmariae, P. rosmarieae, P. rotundiflora, P. rzedowskiana, P. scopulorum, P. sharpii, P. simulans, P. sodalium, P. spathulata, P. stolonifera, P. submediterranea, P. takakii, P. utricularioides, P. vallisneriifolia, P. variegata, P. villosa, P. vulgaris, P. zamudioana, P. zecheri
Note: list containing potentially synonyms

Type species Pinguicula vulgaris (1753)

Pinguicula acuminata
Pinguicula agnata
Pinguicula alpina
Pinguicula bohemica
Pinguicula conzattii
Pinguicula corsica
Pinguicula cyclosecta
Pinguicula ehlersae
Pinguicula elizabethiae
Pinguicula esseriana
Pinguicula gigantea
Pinguicula gypsicola
Pinguicula heterophylla
Pinguicula kondoi
Pinguicula laxifolia
Pinguicula leptoceras
Pinguicula ramosa
Pinguicula longifolia (ssp. dertosensis)
Pinguicula lusitanica
Pinguicula lutea
Pinguicula macroceras
Pinguicula moctezumae
Pinguicula orchidioides
Pinguicula potosiensis
Pinguicula primuliflora
Pinguicula moranensis
Pinguicula rectifolia
Pinguicula vulgaris
Type species

Botanical illustrations[edit]

Vector illustration of Pinguicula trapping and digestive features.

Cultivars[edit]

Pinguicula cultivars

Native distribution areas

Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Europe
- Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden.
- Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Southwestern Europe
  - Corse, France, Portugal, Spain.
- Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania, Yugoslavia.
- Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Africa
- Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Morocco.
Asia-Temperate
- Siberia
  - Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya.
- Russian Far East
  - Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Islands, Magadan, Sakhalin.
- Western Asia
  - Cyprus, Turkey.
- China
  - China South-Central, Tibet.
- Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea.
Asia-Tropical
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Nepal, West Himalaya.
Northern America
- Subarctic America
  - Aleutian Islands, Alaska, Greenland, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon.
- Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
- Eastern Canada
  - Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec.
- Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington.
- North-Central U.S.A.
  - Minnesota, Oklahoma, Wisconsin.
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont.
- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California.
- South-Central U.S.A.
  - Texas.
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina.
- Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Southern America
- Central America
  - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama.
- Caribbean
  - Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic.
- Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Southern South America
  - Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South.

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Pinguicula

Genus Pinguicula L. (1753)[edit]

120 Species[edit]

Botanical illustrations[edit]

Cultivars[edit]

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