Aldrovanda vesiculosa
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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. The plant captures small aquatic invertebra
Aldrovanda Vesiculosa Habit
Germinating Aldrovanda seeds
Trap of Aldrovanda
Traps of the water wheel plant
Carnivorous plant
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Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods, and occasionally small mammals and
Aldrovanda vesiculosa
…Aldrovanda vesiculosa var. verticillata (Roxb.) Darwin (1876) nom. illeg. Carnivorous plant Bladderwort…
An upper pitcher of Nepenthes lowii, a tropical pitcher plant that supplements its carnivorous diet with tree shrew droppings.
The pitchers of Heliamphora chimantensis are an example of pitfall traps.
Darlingtonia californica: note the small entrance to the trap underneath the swollen "balloon" and the colourless patches that confuse prey trapped inside.
Brocchinia reducta: a carnivorous bromeliad