Catopsis

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = CatopsisBerteroniana AtSierraDeLema4836.jpg

|image_caption = Catopsis berteroniana

|taxon = Catopsis

|authority = Griseb.

|range_map = Catopsis distribution.png

|range_map_caption = Catopsis distribution

|synonyms_ref=

|synonyms=*Tussacia Klotzsch ex Beer 1856, not Rchb. 1824 nor Willd. ex Schult. & Schult. f. 1829 nor Benth. 1846

• Pogospermum Brongn.

|}}

Catopsis is a genus in the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Tillandsioideae. The genus name is from the Greek “kata” (hanging down) and “opsis” (appearance). Catopsis is a genus of plants widespread across much of Latin America from Mexico to Brazil, plus Florida and the West Indies.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=232420 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] One of the species, Catopsis berteroniana, is thought to be carnivorous.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}