Q: Carnivorous plants of the middle East--a sad tale!
A: Alas, the great arid stretches of land in the Middle East are not hospitable to carnivorous
plants.
Utricularia
minor
Utricularia
gibba
Drosera
rotundifolia
Middle East
I define the Middle East as in the traditional sense, i.e., ranging from Egypt in the west to Iran in the east.
In this area, there are only seven carnivorous plant species. Drosera rotundifolia and
several species of Utricularia australis, including Utricularia australis,
Utricularia gibba
Utricularia inflexa,
Utricularia minor,
Utricularia stellaris, and
Utricularia vulgaris.
Alas, this poor showing of plant carnivory means that many countries apparently have no carnivorous plants in them, including
Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates. Bummer for them.
Page citations: Naqinezhad, A. et al. 2007; Rice, B.A. 2006a; Schlauer, J. 2002; Taylor, P. 1989.
