Parasitic plants and other botanical “misfits”
Taking a look inside these botanical rebels offers new information to better understand them.
Tag: Lentibulariaceae
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.
Investigating the diet of carnivorous plants
Earlier this year we reported on how it looked like bladderworts were farming their food, as much as hunting it. A paper submitted before those came out adds to the story, by examining the ‘trophic level’ of bladderwort and butterwort prey.
Floral micromorphology of bird-pollinated carnivorous Utricularia
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.