List of Pinguicula species

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This article is a list of the butterworts, the species of the genus Pinguicula. For general information on butterworts, please see the main article on Pinguicula.

The genus Pinguicula contains the 83 species of butterworts, belonging to the bladderwort family (Lentibulariaceae). It has a natural distribution across most of the Northern Hemisphere, though over half of the species are concentrated in Mexico and Central America. Siegfried Jost Casper systematically divided them into three subgenera with 15 sections. Subsequent phylogenetic research showed that many of these groupings are polyphyletic, but they are used below.

Subgenus Isoloba[]

Pinguicula gigantea with prey. The insect was too large and was able to escape.

Section Agnata[]

• Pinguicula agnata
• Pinguicula filifolia
• Pinguicula gigantea
• Pinguicula lithophytica

Section Cardiophyllum[]

• • Pinguicula crystallina subsp. hirtiflora
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Section Discoradix[]

Section Heterophyllum[]

Pinguicula heterophylla

• Pinguicula acuminata
• Pinguicula conzattii
• Pinguicula heterophylla
• Pinguicula rotundiflora

Section Isoloba[]

• Pinguicula caerulea – blue-flower butterwort
• Pinguicula ionantha – Godfrey's butterwort, violet butterwort
• Pinguicula lusitanica – pale butterwort
• Pinguicula lutea – yellow butterwort
• – Chapman's butterwort
• Pinguicula primuliflora – southern butterwort
• Pinguicula pumila – small butterwort

Subgenus Pinguicula[]

Section Crassifolia[]

Pinguicula esseriana

• Pinguicula esseriana

Section Homophyllum[]

• Pinguicula lippoldii
• Pinguicula toldensis

Section Longitubus[]

• Pinguicula hemiepiphytica
• Pinguicula laueana

Section Nana[]

• – hairy butterwort

Pinguicula moranensis

Section Orcheosanthus[]

• Pinguicula cyclosecta
• Pinguicula elizabethiae
• Pinguicula gypsicola
• Pinguicula macrophylla
• Pinguicula moranensis
• Pinguicula orchidioides (synonym P. stolonifera)

Section Orchidioides[]

• Pinguicula laxifolia

Section Pinguicula[]

• Pinguicula balcanica – Balkanian butterwort
  • Pinguicula balcanica var. tenuilaciniata
• Pinguicula grandiflora – large-flowered butterwort
  • Pinguicula grandiflora subsp. rosea
• Pinguicula longifolia – long-leaved butterwort
  • Pinguicula longifolia subsp. causensis
  • Pinguicula longifolia subsp. dertosensis
  • Pinguicula longifolia subsp. reichenbachiana
• Pinguicula macroceras – California butterwort
  • Pinguicula macroceras var. macroceras
  • Pinguicula macroceras subsp. nortensis
• Pinguicula poldinii
• Pinguicula vulgaris – common butterwort

Subgenus Temnoceras[]

Section Ampullipalatum[]

Pinguicula calyptrata from Ecuador, Cayambe Coca National Park, 3800 m

• Pinguicula antarctica

Section Micranthus[]

• Pinguicula alpina – Alpine butterwort
• Pinguicula ramosa

Section Temnoceras[]

Incertae sedis[]

• Pinguicula chuquisacensis

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