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This was the first detailed recorded notice of the plant by Europeans. The description was before John Ellis' letter to The London Magazine on 1 September 1768, [11] and his letter to Carl Linnaeus on 23 September 1768, [25] in which he described the plant and proposed its English name Venus's Flytrap and scientific name Dionaea muscipula. [26]
Typical variety of the Venus flytrap 'B52' produces some of the largest traps of any cultivar The 'Dentate' cultivar Dionaea muscipula 'Akai Ryu', Japanese for 'Red Dragon' Venus flytraps are by far the most commonly recognized and cultivated carnivorous plant. They are sold as houseplants and are often found at florists, hardware stores and ...
Dionaea muscipula, better known as the Venus flytrap, is a globally famous carnivorous plant and according to Charles Darwin, "one of the most wonderful in the world." [8] The leaves of Dionaea are also highly modified and form a "snap-trap" that quickly shuts when a stimulus is detected. Three large trichomes extend outward on the inner ...
The Venus flytrap anemone lives deep in the ocean at a range of around 3,300 to 6,600 feet. This is the ocean’s midnight zone, and it’s so far below the surface that sunlight can’t reach ...
Drosera falconeri superficially resembles the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula). [2] [3] In a review of the research on the evolution of the Venus flytrap from sticky-leaved ancestors, botanists Thomas Gibson and Donald Waller use D. falconeri as an example of a sticky-leaved species that shares many characteristics with the Venus flytrap, such as a wide petiole and lamina, and faces the same ...
This topic was further explored in 2017 by neuroscientist Greg Gage who connected Mimosa pudica to Dionaea muscipula, better known as the Venus flytrap. Both plants had electrical wiring connecting them and were linked to an electrocardiogram. The results showed how causing an action potential in one plant led to an electrical response, causing ...
A royal botanist, William Young imported living plants of the Venus flytrap to England. They were then shown to Ellis. In 1769, he wrote a description of the plant discovery from North Carolina to send to the 'Father of Taxonomy', Carl Linnaeus. Ellis also gave it the scientific name of Dionaea muscipula.
This clade also includes the families Droseraceae (sundews and Venus' flytrap) and Nepenthaceae (an Old World genus of pitcher plants), [2] as well as Drosophyllaceae. All species in the family are lianas at some point in their lifecycles, and climb by the use of pairs of hooks or tendrils formed by the end of the leaf midribs .