Pinguicula L.
(butterworts)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Pinguicula grandiflora
Large-flowered Butterwort
(Click to open)Flower (Click to open)Flowers (Click to open)
 		Species 12 images
Pinguicula lusitanica
Pale Butterwort
Flower (Click to open)
 		Species 15 images
Pinguicula vulgaris
Common Butterwort
(Click to open)
 		Species 13 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPinguicula (butterworts)
FamilyLENTIBULARIACEAE (butterworts and bladderworts)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Marren, P. 2002 The deadly world of Britain’s carnivorous plants British Wildlife Vol 13, No 5: 327-334.

Pinguicula (butterworts) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pinguicula (butterworts)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pinguicula (butterworts)
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