Carnivorous plants inspired shape-morphing slippery surfaces
Opto-Electronic Advances, 2023 Carnivorous plants, for instance, Dionaea muscipula and Nepenthes pitcher plant, inspired the innovation of advanced stimuli-responsive actuators and lubricant-infused slippery surfaces, respectively.
Dong-Dong Han +7 more
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Distribution and conservation status of Drosera viridis Rivadavia (Droseraceae), including the first records from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and a key to the genus in this state [PDF]
Check List, 2020 Drosera viridis Rivadavia, a Brazilian endemic species of carnivorous herb, has its geographical range extended in South Brazil, including the first records for Rio Grande do Sul, from subtropical highland grasslands in the northeastern
Paulo M. Gonella, Carlos R. Lehn
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Distinctive plastome evolution in carnivorous angiosperms
BMC Plant Biology, 2023 Background Independent origins of carnivory in multiple angiosperm families are fabulous examples of convergent evolution using a diverse array of life forms and habitats. Previous studies have indicated that carnivorous plants have distinct evolutionary
Chao-Nan Fu +4 more
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Biology, 2023 Carnivorous plants attract animals, trap and kill them, and absorb nutrients from the digested bodies. This unusual (for autotrophs) type of nutrient acquisition evolved through the conversion of photosynthetically active leaves into specialised organs ...
Urszula Krasuska +4 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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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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Mutualists or parasites? Context-dependent influence of symbiotic fly larvae on carnivorous investment in the Albany pitcher plant [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 Carnivorous plants allocate more resources to carnivorous structures under nutrient-limited conditions, and relative investment can also be influenced by animals (infauna) that live in association with these plants and feed on their prey. We investigated
Samuel J. Lymbery +3 more
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The contribution of insect prey to the total nitrogen content of sundews (Drosera spp.) determined in situ by stable isotope analysis [PDF]
, 2003 The contribution of insect prey to total N in the carnivorous plants, Drosera rotundifolia and D. intermedia, was quantified in situ and without any experimental manipulation using natural abundance stable isotope analysis. Samples of D.
Jones, R.I. +5 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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Why are Carnivorous Plants the "Most Wonderful Plants in the World"? [PDF]
, 2021 Carnivorous plants have evolved convergently around five times in evolutionary history. These plants are found in poor-soil environments and adapt their leaves to form mechanisms to trap prey, in order to outsource nutrients missing from the soil.
Mulligan, Shea
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