Philcoxia: A new genus of carnivorous plant

Abstract

Philcoxia P.Taylor V.C.Souza is a genus of three small, rare, enigmatic plant species from Brazil. This fairly new plant genus was first described to science in 2000 by Peter Taylor and co-workers, and consists of the species Philcoxia bahiensis from Bahia, P. goiasensis from Goias, and P. minensis from Minas Gerais, each named for the Brazilian state to which it is endemic.