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Accession Data:

Cephalotus follicularis Labill.

  • Common Name: Albany Pitcher Plant
  • Family: Cephalotaceae Dumort.

  • Country of Origin: southwest Australia
  • Habitat: meso-mediterranean area - cool, wet winters followed by hot summers

  • Description: A species of flightless, ant-mimicking fly requires Cephalotus pitchers to rear its young. They don't seem to mind growing up in the digestive enzymes of the pitchers and to this date, their larvae have been found living nowhere else.4
  • Culture: In nature, Cephalotus mainly grows in a mixture of sand, grass, and peat while dieting on mainly crawling insects such as ants.
  • USDA Zone: 9-10

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200400281
  • Source: Matt Opel ex Jeff Matteson NECPS
  • Accession Date: 11-19-2004
  • Bench: 2309 - Temperate Carnivores
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 07-16-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Species Vulnerable or Habitat Critically Threatened

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Oxalidales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Cephalotaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
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2008
2007
2006
2005

References (internal):

  • Carnivorous Plants
  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • Plants used in EEB 2244 - General Ecology
  • Scavenger Hunt - Grades 9-12 (generic)
  • ECE 2019 - Scavenger Hunt
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Western Australia

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 09, 2016.
  2. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 09, 2016.
  3. Image Cephalotus_follicularis03.jpg used with permission - Stan Malcolm. Ph.D., Systematics '81. Last accessed on Tuesday, February 09, 2016.
  4. An Introduction to Cephalotus follicularis - A Strange Carnivore From Australia at In Defense of Plants. Last accessed on Wednesday, November 22, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 16 Jul 2024 14:24:14 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Cephalotus follicularis

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