Pinguicula gigantea: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Lentibulariaceae
- Genus
- Pinguicula
- Species
- Pinguicula gigantea
- Scientific Name
- Pinguicula gigantea
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pinguicula gigantea
Pinguicula gigantea is a tropical species of carnivorous plant in the family Lentibulariaceae. Its native range is within Mexico. P. gigantea's flower is usually a purple colour with the occasional light blue also seen. P. gigantea was once classified as Pinguicula ayautla.
This Pinguicula was discovered by Alfred Lau and described by the botanist Hans Luhrs.
Pinguicula gigantea has a few different forms, such as the 'white flower' form or the 'blue flower'.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Pinguicula acuminata
- Pinguicula agnata
- Pinguicula calderoniae
- Pinguicula casperi
- Pinguicula colimensis
- Pinguicula conzattii
- Pinguicula crassifolia
- Pinguicula crenatiloba
- Pinguicula cyclosecta
- Pinguicula debbertiana
- Pinguicula ehlersiae
- Pinguicula elizabethiae
- Pinguicula emarginata
- Pinguicula esseriana
- Pinguicula gigantea
- Pinguicula gracilis
- Pinguicula greenwoodii
- Pinguicula gypsicola
- Pinguicula hemiepiphytica
- Pinguicula heterophylla
- Pinguicula ibarrae
- Pinguicula imitatrix
- Pinguicula immaculata
- Pinguicula jaumavensis
- Pinguicula kondoi
- Pinguicula laueana
- Pinguicula laxifolia
- Pinguicula lilacina
- Pinguicula macrophylla
- Pinguicula martinezii
- Pinguicula medusina
- Pinguicula mesophytica
- Pinguicula michoacana
- Pinguicula mirandae
- Pinguicula moctezumae
- Pinguicula moranensis
- Pinguicula nivalis
- Pinguicula orchidioides
- Pinguicula parvifolia
- Pinguicula pilosa
- Pinguicula potosiensis
- Pinguicula pygmaea
- Pinguicula reticulata
- Pinguicula robertiana
- Pinguicula rotundiflora
- Pinguicula rzedowskiana
- Pinguicula sharpii
- Pinguicula takakii
- Pinguicula utricularioides
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