Drosera glanduligera
| Drosera glanduligera | |
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| Drosera glanduligera growing on the foothills of Mount Cameron, in northeastern Tasmania, Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Droseraceae |
| Genus: | Drosera |
| Subgenus: | Coelophylla (Planch.) Schlauer |
| Species: | D. glanduligera |
| Binomial name | |
| Drosera glanduligera Lehm. | |
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Drosera glanduligera, the pimpernel sundew,[1] is a rosetted annual species in the carnivorous plant genus Drosera that is endemic to Australia. It is 2.5–6 cm (1–2 in) tall and grows in most soil conditions. It produces orange flowers from August to November. It was originally described in 1844 by Johann Georg Christian Lehmann.[1] It is the sole species in the subgenus Coelophylla, which Jan Schlauer elevated from section rank in 1996; it was originally described by Jules Émile Planchon in 1848.[2]
Distribution
Drosera glanduligera is native to Tasmania and south western and south eastern Australia where it is often locally abundant.[3]
Biology
Drosera glanduligera is an annual plant that grows in the winter. Germination of the seeds requires cold temperatures. Young plants eat springtails while larger plants eat flies.[3]
The trapping mechanism of this species is unique in that it combines features of both flypaper and snap traps; it has been termed a catapult-flypaper trap.[4] Non-flying insects trigger this catapult when certain plant cells break.[5] Then this process cannot be repeated until the plant grows new tentacles.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Drosera glanduligera". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
- ↑ Schlauer, Jan (1996). "A dichotomous key to the genus Drosera L. (Droseraceae)" (PDF). Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 25: 67–88.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Brittnacher, J. Growing Drosera glanduligera. International Carnivorous Plant Society. Retrieved on 29 Jan 2015
- ↑ Poppinga, S.; Hartmeyer, S.R.H.; Seidel, R.; Masselter, T.; Hartmeyer, I.; Speck, T. (2012). "Catapulting tentacles in a sticky carnivorous plant". PLoS ONE 7 (9): e45735. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0045735. PMID 23049849.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Scientists discover carnivorous plant using sticky catapulting tentacles". University of Freiburg. Science Network: Western Australia. November 21, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
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