Many say that insect eating plants or carnivorous plants as known to some are recognized by 3 characteristics.
First, within the plant anatomy is a component that acts as a natural trap to catch a prey. The plant may have additional features to make the trapping mechanism efficient. Second, the plant can digest and absorb the prey such as insects. This is made possible by enzymes, bacteria or other organisms essential in completion of the process. Third, the insect eating plants can utilize the nutrients and which must benefit from them.The world of insect eating plants is amazingly exotic. Their appearance is unlike any. 12 of the top carnivorous plants are mentioned below with a short description.
Aldrovanda. Also known as the waterwheel plant, the aldrovanda has leaves arranged in a wheel shape with the leafy traps located at the end of the plant?s arms, a characteristic reminiscent of the underwater Venus flytrap.
Cephalotus. Its other moniker is Albany pitcher plant because cephalotus follicularisis is named after the Albany city in Australia, which is its native habitat. Also, its shape resembles that of a pitcher, only that cephalotus is covered with bristles.
Drosera. The species of drosera reaches 180 and they are the most famous of the insect-eating plants thriving almost anywhere except the Antarctica. Like the Venus flytrap, drosera?s adhesive leaves also move to catch insects that are digested by enzymes.
Darlingtonia. Darlingtonia species grow well along the Pacific coast. Among its favorite foods are the animals like the flying midges, slime mites, and bacteria.
Dionaea. Also known as the Venus flytrap, the dioneae has the lowlands of North Carolina as its native land. However, when their habitat was threatened, they become flourishing off the Carolina Beach State Park in the nearby Wilmington of North Carolina. This one undoubtedly tops the list of most recognized carnivorous plants.
Drosophyllum. Known by its other name, dewy pine, the drosophyllum is large. Its leaf reaches a foot while the entire plant can reach a maximum height of 2 feet. Its natural habitat is the Portuguese coast, along the arid regions.
Genlisea. The Genlisea or corkscrew plant proliferate on wet habitats because their traps are concealed under the water, which is formed by curved hairs allowing their prey to have one direction?into the trap.
Heliamphora. The genus of heliamphora is that of the pitcher plants growing on the South American highlands close to Venezuela, Guyana, and Brazil.
Nepenthes. Another tropical pitcher plant, the nepenthes catches mosquito larvae and frogs.
Pinguicula. Among the insect-eating plants that bear flowers, the pinguicula?s flowers rise above their sticky leaves to avoid consuming its pollinators. The pinguicula is also known as butterworts.
Sarracenia. The Southeastern part of the United States is where the sarracenia thrives as they are also known to be a North American pitcher insect-eating plant.
Utricularia. With more than 220 species, the utricularia has bladderwort as its common name, which gives a clear characteristic of their trap?an interior chamber from which small bladders pump out water to stunt its prey. When it does, the water pressure is lowered, allowing entry of the prey into the chamber where it is digested.
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