A carnivorous plant suffers poisoning from microplastics
Botanists identify microplastics entering traps as reducing the growth of a carnivorous plant.
Tag: bladderwort
This plant sucks! (But how?)
The bladderwort has a trap faster than the blink of an eye. It uses powerful suction to snatch its prey but how can a plant can suck so much?
The plant that helps you slim (if you’re a bluegill)
Utricularia vulgaris isn’t a slimming aid as such. It’s just hard for a fish to grow when someone else has eaten all the fleas.
Evolution of genome size and chromosome numbers in Genlisea
Measurements of nuclear genome sizes from cultivated plant material for a comprehensive taxon sampling that includes nearly half of all species in Genlisea.
Giant organisms, giant genomes…
Humans are 98% junk! But a carnivorous plant is far more efficient – containing only 3% junk-DNA.