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Molecular Phylogenomics Reveals the Deep Evolutionary History of Carnivory across Land Plants
Plants, 2023 Plastid molecular phylogenies that broadly sampled angiosperm lineages imply that carnivorous plants evolved at least 11 times independently in 13 families and 6 orders.
Steven J. Fleck, Richard W. Jobson
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Long-read sequencing uncovers the adaptive topography of a carnivorous plant genome [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017 David Sankoff +2 more
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Carnivorous plants and their biotic interactions
Journal of Plant Interactions, 2022 Carnivorous plants reverse the order we expect in nature: here, animals do not feed on plants, but plants hunt and feed on animal prey, primarily insects, thereby enabling these plants to survive in nutrient-poor environments.
Axel Mithöfer
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Distribution and natural history of carnivorous plants of Saskatchewan, Canada [PDF]
Check List, 2013 We provide distribution maps of carnivorous plants as well as an assessment of rarity status and potential threats to diversity of carnivorous taxa in Saskatchewan using a biodiversity informatics approach. Saskatchewan is home to ten carnivorous species
Fraser Baalim +2 more
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Cells, 2022 Carnivorous plants are unique due to their ability to attract small animals or protozoa, retain them in specialized traps, digest them, and absorb nutrients from the dissolved prey material; however, to this end, these plants need a special secretion ...
Bartosz J. Płachno +5 more
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Discovery of digestive enzymes in carnivorous plants with focus on proteases [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Background Carnivorous plants have been fascinating researchers with their unique characters and bioinspired applications. These include medicinal trait of some carnivorous plants with potentials for pharmaceutical industry.
Rishiesvari Ravee +2 more
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Carnivorous plants and conservation – the role of carnivorous plant enthusiasts
Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, 2023 Carnivorous plants and their unique habitats face various threats, most of them being anthropogenic. About 25% of the known 860 carnivorous plant species are threatened or face extinction. Two of the threats are predominantly caused by “carnivorous plant lovers”.
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A Chemometry of Aldrovanda vesiculosa L. (Waterwheel, Droseraceae) Populations
Molecules, 2020 The genus Aldrovanda is a Palaeogene element containing a single extant species, Aldrovanda vesiculosa L. This aquatic carnivorous herb has a very wide range of distribution, natively covering four continents; however, it is a critically endangered ...
Bartosz J. Płachno +7 more
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The microbiome of peatland plants – literature review [PDF]
Journal of Water and Land DevelopmentThe aggregate of various taxonomic groups of microorganisms colonising living organisms is known as the microbiome. The plant microbiome encompasses a wide network of biological, chemical and metabolic interactions between the plant and microorganisms ...
Aleksandra Bartkowska, Tomasz Mieczan
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Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2010 The aim of this study was the study of the abiotic environment of the carnivorous pitcher plant Heliamphora nutans (Sarraceniaceae), including the microclimate and the geochemistry of the soil of the growing sites on Roraima Tepui and discuss their ...
Wolfram Adlassnig +5 more
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