List of carnivorous plants

This list of carnivorous plants is a comprehensive listing of all known carnivorous plant species, of which more than 750 are currently recognised. Unless otherwise stated it is based on Jan Schlauer's Carnivorous Plant Database. Extinct taxa are denoted with a dagger (†).
Some of the species on this list may not satisfy certain strict definitions of plant carnivory, and could alternatively be characterised as merely "paracarnivorous" or "protocarnivorous".
Extant species.
"Aldrovanda".
This genus contains a single extant species.
"Brocchinia".
This genus contains around 20 extant species, of which at least two are thought to be carnivorous.
"Byblis".
The following list of 8 species is based on "Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus" (2013).
"Catopsis".
This genus contains around 20 extant species, of which at least one is thought to be carnivorous.
"Cephalotus".
This genus contains a single extant species.
"Darlingtonia".
This genus contains a single extant species.
"Dionaea".
This genus contains a single extant species.
"Drosera".
 There are around 208 species here:
"Drosophyllum".
This genus contains a single extant species.
"Genlisea".
The following list of 29 species is based on "Monograph of the Genus Genlisea" (2012).
"Heliamphora".
The following list of 23 species (plus 2 undescribed species) is based on "Sarraceniaceae of South America" (2011).
"Nepenthes".
The following list of 170 species (plus 2 undescribed species) is based on "Pitcher Plants of the Old World" (2009) and "New Nepenthes" (2011), with the addition of newly described species.
"Philcoxia".
This genus contains seven extant species, all of which are thought to be carnivorous.
"Roridula".
This genus contains two extant species.
"Sarracenia".
The following list of 8 species is based on "Sarraceniaceae of North America" (2011).
Some authorities additionally recognise up to three more species:
"Stylidium".
Around 300 species of "Stylidium" are currently recognised.
"Triphyophyllum".
This genus contains a single extant species.
Extinct species.
"Aldrovanda".
Numerous extinct species of "Aldrovanda" have been described, all of which are known only from fossil pollen and seeds (with the exception of "A. inopinata", which is also known from fossilised laminae).
†"Archaeamphora".
This genus contains a single extinct species, described from fossilised leaf material. The identification of "Archaeamphora" as a pitcher plant (and therefore carnivorous plant) has been questioned by a number of authors.
†"Droserapites".
This is a form taxon known only from fossil pollen.
†"Droserapollis".
This is a form taxon known only from fossil pollen.
†"Droseridites".
This is a form taxon known only from fossil pollen. Three species of the ""Droseridites echinosporus" group" have been transferred to the genus "Nepenthes" (see below).
†"Fischeripollis".
This is a form taxon known only from fossil pollen.
"Nepenthes".
Three species known only from fossil pollen and originally assigned to "Droseridites" have been transferred to the genus "Nepenthes".
†"Nepenthidites".
This is a form taxon known only from fossil pollen. "Droseridites major" ("Nepenthes major") and "Droseridites parvus" are considered synonyms of "Nepenthidites laitryngewensis" by some authorities.
†"Palaeoaldrovanda".
This is a form taxon known only from what were originally described as fossil seeds. These supposed seeds have subsequently been identified as insect eggs.
†"Saxonipollis".
This is a form taxon known only from fossil pollen.