Nepenthaceae

E54963

plant family taxonomic family

Nepenthaceae is a family of carnivorous flowering plants best known for the tropical pitcher plants in the genus Nepenthes, which trap and digest insects in fluid-filled pitfall traps.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Nepenthaceae canonical	3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	plant family ⓘ taxonomic family ⓘ
carnivoryType	pitfall trap ⓘ
class	Magnoliopsida ⓘ
commonName	tropical pitcher plant family ⓘ
containsGenus	Nepenthes ⓘ
distribution	Old World tropics ⓘ
division	Tracheophyta ⓘ
flowerType	unisexual ⓘ
fruitType	capsule ⓘ
habitat	cliff faces ⓘ heath forest ⓘ montane forest ⓘ open scrub ⓘ peat swamp ⓘ tropical rainforest ⓘ
hasGrowthForm	liana ⓘ shrub ⓘ small tree ⓘ
isCarnivorousPlantFamily	true ⓘ
kingdom	Plantae ⓘ
leafModification	pitcher trap ⓘ
nativeTo	Australia ⓘ Borneo ⓘ India ⓘ Indochinese Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Indochina Madagascar ⓘ Malay Peninsula ⓘ Malesia ⓘ Micronesia ⓘ New Caledonia ⓘ New Guinea ⓘ northern Australia ⓘ surface form: Northern Australia Philippines ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Celebes ⓘ surface form: Sulawesi Sumatra ⓘ
notableGenus	Nepenthes ⓘ
nutrientAcquisition	digestion of animal prey ⓘ
order	Caryophyllales ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway	C3 ⓘ
phylum	Tracheophyta ⓘ
pollination	insect pollination ⓘ
preyType	insects ⓘ other small arthropods ⓘ
reproduction	sexual reproduction via flowers ⓘ
seedDispersal	wind dispersal ⓘ
taxonRank	family ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Caryophyllales → containsTaxon → Nepenthaceae ⓘ

Nepenthes rajah → family → Nepenthaceae ⓘ

Nepenthes → family → Nepenthaceae ⓘ