Probably the one thing one could guess about an insectivorous plant is that it ‘eats’ insects. Take for example one of the most iconic entomophagous botanics of them all, the Venus fly-trap (Dionaea muscipula). The...
Sword and rapier sedges (Lepidosperma, Cyperaceae) are common in the southern Australian and New Zealand floras, also occurring in New Caledonia and South-east Asia. Sedge ecology is seldom studied and Barrett provides...
What do peacocks, CDs and certain plants have in common? They all have multi-coloured parts – feathers, surfaces or petals – which change their hue depending on the angle you look at them. This physical phenomenon in...
The Nepenthes gracilis pitcher plant, found in southeast Asia, has a unique, semi-slippery wax crystal surface on the underside of the pitcher lid. Researchers have found that ants could cling to this surface under...
Ant-plant mutualisms play key roles in the functioning of tropical ecosystems, and are often important components of trophic webs but the net benefits to each partner are rarely quantified: A Carnivorous Plant Fed by...