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Saturday, June 19, 2021

Carnivorous plants

  June 19, 2021    

 CAN PLANT TRAP AND FEED ON ANIMALS?

This sounds strange but science has some plants  grouped as carnivorous plants due to their ability to trap and feed(digest) on animals or plants as their  source of nutrition. Some of the plants includes 

1. Pitcher plant 

2. Mistletoe 

3. Venus fly trap


PITCHER PLANT 

This is a name used for a group of carnivorous plants that has similar leave modification for trapping insects , this type of modified leaves Is known as pitfall traps.

These plants according to Biology/Botany are in the family  nepenthaceae  and sarraceniaceae.



Nepenthaceae 

SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION 

Kingdom: Plantae 

Clade 1: Tracheophyte

Clade 2: Angiosperms

Clade 3: Editors

Order: Caryophyalleles

Family: nepenthaceae.


Sarraceniaceae 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION 

Kingdom : Plantae 

Clade1 : Tracheophyte 

Clade 2: Angiosperms 

Clade 3:  Eudicots 

Clade 4: Asteroids

Order: Ericales 

Family: Sarraceniaceae. 



MISTLETOE 

This is a parasitic plant  which attach itself on its host with its specialised adaptative feature  called  Haustorium. They use the Haustorium to extract water and nutrients from their host plant. 


Mistletoe 




SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION 

Kingdom : Plantae 

Clade 1: Tracheophyte 

Clade 2: Angiosperms 

Clade 3: Eudicots 

Order: Santalales

Family: Santalaceae

VENUS FLY TRAP 

Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant that feed on flies. It's opens its red coloured part that is very attractive to flies , This red part of Venus fly trap is steaky, with sensitive hairs and highly saturated with digestive enzymes.  When flies perch on it they got stuck by the steaky environment while the flower close covering the fly  and digestive enzymes are secreted to digest the flies.


Venus fly trap 





SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION 

Kingdom:  plantae 

Clade 1: Tracheophyte 

Clade 2: Angiosperms 

Clade 3: Eudicots 

Order : Caryophyalleles 

Family: Droseraceae

Genus: Dionaea.Check Natural Geographic



These plants can be used as biological control of pests and as ornaments. 


Updating.. New type of Carnivorous plants discovered. Check Natural Geographic


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