High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! This list of carnivorous plants is a comprehensive listing of all known carnivorous plant species. It is mostly based on Jan Schlauer`s Carnivorous Plant Database. The list of Heliamphora is based on Sarraceniaceae of South America (2011) and the list of Nepenthes on Pitcher Plants of the Old World (2009) and New Nepenthes (2011).