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Tag: carnivorous plants

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Toxomerus basalis: The fly that uses a killer as a babysitter

Sundews are carnivorous plants that feed on small naive insects. So why does a fly deliberately lay its eggs on the plant?

by Alun SaltMay 24, 2022May 24, 2022
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What happens to carnivorous plants when the insects bite back?

A moth could be interfering with a pitcher plant’s reproduction by developing a taste for flowers – or at least parts of a flower.

by Dale MayleaFebruary 10, 2022February 10, 2022
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Bilingual EspaƱol Taxonomy & Evolution

Newly recognised carnivorous plant Triantha occidentalis

Between leaves and flowers, the peduncle of this plant serves as an insect sticky-trap

by Patrick GibsonAugust 18, 2021August 20, 2021
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A carnivorous plant that feeds its pollinators

Edible floral trichomes discovered in bee-pollinated Pinguicula species show carnivorous plants can feed insects as well as feed on insects.

by Laura SkatesFebruary 23, 2021February 23, 2021
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Buckleria paludum, the caterpillar that has a taste for danger

Far from being a victim, the caterpillar of Buckleria paludum feeds on carnivorous plants. But how?

by Alun SaltAugust 8, 2020August 6, 2020
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Cells, Genes & Molecules Growth & Development

How to eat bugs without really trying? Insights from the genomes of carnivorous plants

Genes for carnivory arose from a duplication of the genome turning plants into hunters.

by Liam ElliottMay 20, 2020May 19, 2020
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Cells, Genes & Molecules Featured

The Chemical Tools of Carnivorous Plants

Carnivorous plants need to manufacture a variety of specialised chemicals to lure, trap and digest prey.

by Fi GennuMarch 11, 2020March 16, 2020
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Aldrovanda vesiculosa
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Daphnia are bite-size for the carnivorous waterwheel plant

The Venus Fly Trap is not the only carnivorous plant with a snap-trap. Aldrovanda vesiculosa, the waterwheel plant, has one too but it’s not always been clear how it works.

by Dale MayleaJanuary 15, 2020January 15, 2020
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Drosophyllum lusitanicum, the Portuguese Sundew
Cells, Genes & Molecules Ecosystems Featured

How important is meat to a curious carnivorous plant?

Drosophyllum lusitanicum, also known as the Portuguese sundew or dewy pine, is unusual even for carnivorous plants in that it lives in dry environments. Typically, carnivorous plants live in nutrient-poor wetlands, so does it really gain much from carnivory?

by Alun SaltNovember 27, 2019November 27, 2019
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BioOne News in Brief

UV light can guide flies to an Utterly Voracious plant

Students at Augustana University have found out how insects see carnivorous plants by building on each other’s work in a series of projects.

by Dale MayleaNovember 18, 2019November 18, 2019
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A stolon ofUtricularia vulgaris.
News in Focus

The plant that farms other plants for food

It’s not just animals that the bladderwort, Utricularia, eats. Two new papers are finding out how bladderworts also digest microscopic plants.

by Alun SaltJanuary 8, 2019January 7, 2019
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Dionaea muscipula flower
Featured Plant Cuttings

Non-insect-eating insectivorous plant

by Nigel ChaffeyMay 29, 2018May 29, 2018
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Books

Meet the meat-munching plants

by Nigel ChaffeyFebruary 16, 2018February 14, 2018
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Wood anatomical sections of Nepenthaceae
Annals of Botany

Evolution of a carnivorous plant’s wood anatomy

by botanyoneJune 15, 2017June 15, 2017
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