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Definition. [edit] Plants are considered carnivorous if they have these five traits: [ 18 ] capture prey in traps. kill the captured prey. digest the captured prey. absorb nutrients from the killed and digested prey. use those nutrients to grow and develop. Other traits may include the attraction and retention of prey.
Darlingtonia californica / dɑːrlɪŋˈtoʊniə kælɪˈfɔːrnɪkə / —also called the California pitcher plant, the Oregon pitcher plant, cobra lily or cobra plant —is a species of carnivorous plant in the new world pitcher plant family, Sarraceniaceae. It is the sole species within its monotypic genus, Darlingtonia. The cobra lily is ...
Aldrovanda / ˌ æ l d r ə ˈ v æ n d ə / is a genus of carnivorous plants encompassing one extant species (Aldrovanda vesiculosa, the waterwheel plant) and numerous extinct taxa.The genus is named in honor of the Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi, the founder of the Botanical Garden of Bologna, Orto Botanico dell'Università di Bologna. [2]
The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant native to the temperate and subtropical wetlands of North Carolina and South Carolina, on the East Coast of the United States. [4] Although various modern hybrids have been created in cultivation, D. muscipula is the only species of the monotypic genus Dionaea.
Drosera, which is commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species. [2] These members of the family Droseraceae [1] lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surfaces. The insects are used to supplement the poor mineral nutrition of the ...
Description. Droseraceae are carnivorous herbaceous plants that may be annuals or perennials. Their leaves are alternate and adaxially circinate, with at least one leaf surface containing hairs with mucilage-producing glands at the tip. Their flowers are bisexual, usually with three carpels and five sepals, petals and stamens.
Utricularia, commonly and collectively called the bladderworts, is a genus of carnivorous plants consisting of approximately 233 species (precise counts differ based on classification opinions; a 2001 publication lists 215 species). [1] They occur in fresh water and wet soil as terrestrial or aquatic species across every continent except ...
Genlisea (/ ˌ dʒ ɛ n l ɪ ˈ s iː ə / JEN-liss-EE-ə) is a genus of carnivorous plants also known as corkscrew plants.The 30 or so species grow in wet terrestrial to semi-aquatic environments distributed throughout Africa and Central and South America.