Planta Carnivora is a biannual periodical and the official publication of The Carnivorous Plant Society of the United Kingdom.

[1][2] Typical articles include matters of horticultural interest, field reports, and news of plant discoveries.

The journal was established in 1980[3] and was called The Carnivorous Plant Society Journal until 2009; the following year it was combined with the society's newsletter to form Planta Carnivora.

[2] The nomen novum (replacement name) Nepenthes sumagaya was published in the Autumn 2014 issue of Planta Carnivora.

[4] Other taxa formally established in the magazine include the hybrids Drosera × eloisiana, Sarracenia × miniata, Sarracenia × slackii, and Sarracenia × soperi, as well as the sections Nepenthes sect.