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  2. Heliamphora - Wikipedia

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    The name instead derives from the Greek helos, meaning "marsh", so a more accurate translation of their scientific name would be marsh pitcher plants. [2] Species in the genus Heliamphora are carnivorous plants that consist of a modified leaf form that is fused into a tubular shape. They have evolved mechanisms to attract, trap, and kill ...

  3. The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants - Wikipedia

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    The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants is a carnivorous plant cultivation guide by Peter D'Amato, horticulturist and owner of California Carnivores nursery. It was originally published in 1998 by Ten Speed Press, [1] [2] and reprinted in 2004. [3] A revised edition was released in July 2013. [4] [5] [6]

  4. Byblis aquatica - Wikipedia

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    Byblis aquatica flower. Byblis aquatica is an annual plant with a usually unbranching central stem supported by fine, fibrous roots.The central stem can reach a length of 45 centimetres (18 in), although it is only able to support its own weight during early growth (<5 cm.).

  5. Carnivorous fungus - Wikipedia

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    A fungus of the genus Arthrobotrys, showing adhesive nets which it uses to trap nematodes. Numbered ticks are 122 μm apart. Numbered ticks are 122 μm apart. A carnivorous fungus or predaceous fungus is a fungus that derives some or most of its nutrients from trapping and eating microscopic or other minute animals . [ 1 ]

  6. Acidophile - Wikipedia

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    Acidophiles or acidophilic organisms are those that thrive under highly acidic conditions (usually at pH 5.0 or below [1]). These organisms can be found in different branches of the tree of life , including Archaea , Bacteria , [ 2 ] and Eukarya .

  7. Sarracenia purpurea - Wikipedia

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    Sarracenia purpurea, the purple pitcher plant, northern pitcher plant, turtle socks, or side-saddle flower, is a carnivorous plant in the family Sarraceniaceae. Sarracenia purpurea, St-Narcisse , Quebec , Canada

  8. Category:Carnivorous fungi - Wikipedia

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    Carnivorous fungi are those fungi which have demonstrated the ability to trap and digest animals. Pages in category "Carnivorous fungi" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.

  9. Nepenthes mirabilis - Wikipedia

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    Nepenthes mirabilis has by far the widest distribution of any Nepenthes species and is known from the following countries and regions: Australia (Cape York Peninsula), Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands (Palau and Yap), China (Guangdong Province, Hainan, [17] [18] Hong Kong, and Macau), D'Entrecasteaux Islands, Java, Laos, Louisiade Archipelago, Maluku Islands, Myanmar, New Guinea, Peninsular ...