Cephalotaceae

E1040780

Cephalotaceae is a small family of flowering plants best known for the Australian Albany pitcher plant, a carnivorous species with specialized pitfall traps.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cephalotaceae canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plant family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
belongsToClade core eudicots ⓘ
linked to: Eudicots

eudicots ⓘ
linked to: Eudicots

fabids ⓘ
rosids ⓘ
linked to: Rosids
carnivorous true ⓘ
class Magnoliopsida ⓘ
climatePreference Mediterranean-type climate ⓘ
commonName Albany pitcher plant family ⓘ
conservationConcern habitat loss and alteration ⓘ
containsGenus Cephalotus ⓘ
containsSpecies Cephalotus follicularis ⓘ
linked to: Cephalotus
describedAsFamilyBy Robert Brown ⓘ
distribution restricted ⓘ
division Magnoliophyta ⓘ
ecologicalRole carnivorous plant in nutrient-poor habitats ⓘ
endemicTo southwestern Australia ⓘ
floweringPlant true ⓘ
geologicalSubstratePreference siliceous sands ⓘ
growthForm herbaceous perennial ⓘ
habitat peaty sands ⓘ
seasonally wet heathlands ⓘ
swamp margins ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature non-carnivorous foliage leaves ⓘ
pitcher-shaped leaves ⓘ
hasTypeGenus Cephalotus ⓘ
hasTypeSpecies Cephalotus follicularis ⓘ
linked to: Cephalotus
isMonogeneric true ⓘ
isMonotypic true ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
knownFor carnivorous plants ⓘ
pitfall traps ⓘ
leafSpecialization dimorphic leaves ⓘ
nativeTo Australia ⓘ
nativeToRegion southwestern Western Australia ⓘ
nutrientAcquisition insect digestion supplements soil nutrients ⓘ
order Oxalidales ⓘ
photosynthetic true ⓘ
pollination insect-pollinated ⓘ
preyType small arthropods ⓘ
recognizedBy APG IV system ⓘ
reproductionType sexual reproduction via flowers ⓘ
seedDispersal by gravity and possibly water ⓘ
taxonomicRank family ⓘ
trapType pitfall trap ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oxalidales → familyIncluded → Cephalotaceae ⓘ
Cephalotus → family → Cephalotaceae ⓘ