Aldrovanda /ˌældrəˈvændə/ is a genus of carnivorous plants encompassing one extant species (Aldrovanda vesiculosa, the waterwheel plant) and numerous extinct...
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Aldrovanda vesiculosa, commonly known as the waterwheel plant, is the sole extant species in the flowering plant genus Aldrovanda of the family Droseraceae...
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List of carnivorous plants (section Aldrovanda)
†Aldrovanda borysthenica †Aldrovanda clavata †Aldrovanda dokturovskyi †Aldrovanda eleanorae †Aldrovanda europaea †Aldrovanda inopinata †Aldrovanda intermedia...
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Droseraceae (section Aldrovanda)
Aldrovanda have only one extant species. Drosera species trap prey by secreting a sticky substance from hairs on their leaves. Dionaea and Aldrovanda...
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monotypic genus Dionaea. It is closely related to the waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa) and the cosmopolitan sundews (Drosera), all of which belong...
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include members of Hydrocharitaceae and Cabombaceae, Ceratophyllum, and Aldrovanda, and most macroalgae (e.g. Chara and Nitella). Most aquatic plants can...
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traps—the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) and the waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa)—had a common ancestor with the snap trap adaptation, which...
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deposits of East Germany. Saxonipollis saxonicus was possibly a precursor to Aldrovanda, or a close relative to its precursor. Krutzsch, Wilfried 1970. Zur Kenntnis...
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rapid movement; examples outside of Mimosa include the telegraph plant, Aldrovanda, some species of Drosera and the Venus flytrap. The leaves of the Mimosa...
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established. These affect aquatic plants of the Volga Delta, such as Aldrovanda vesiculosa and the native Nelumbo caspica. About 11 plant species are...
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