If you’re a nature lover, you’re probably aware that moss is a non-vascular plant without roots that cannot produce wood or flowers. The main part of the moss life cycle is that this plant generates spores for reproduction as opposed to seeds, which are typically produced by many plant species. The term “moss” is frequently…
Do you have any childhood memories of these adorable flowers? We all enjoyed tinkering and wishing with dandelion seeds! Even today, many individuals still perform a practice that involves blowing dandelion seeds to make wishes. Have you ever looked up information about the dandelion life cycle, though? How it turns into a lovely flower from…
Every living thing has a cycle of life. Every living thing gives birth, develops, and reproduces, and this cycle of life never ends. Have you ever considered how plants go through this life cycle? Similar to other living things, plants develop, reproduce, and go through a cycle of life. The germination of a seed marks…
The elderflower is a beautiful white bloom from the Sambucus nigra tree, also known as the elder tree. White hanging flowers develop into elderberries that have a purple color. Elderflowers have been an excellent help for decades and are actively used in medicine and cooking. The plant is considered an herb, and its benefits are…
Most of you are surely acquainted with the Venus Flytrap, biological name Dionaea Muscipula and its amazing carnivorous, feeding habits, but how many of you are familiar with other hunting carnivores plants? Meet the Utricularia or the Bladderwort plant that has a trap working at almost 100 times the speed of a Venus Flytrap. The interesting facts…
The species Catopsis belongs to the family Bromeliaceae and the Tillandsioideaev subfamily. The name derives from “kata” the Greek word for “hanging down” combined with “opsis” or “appearance”. You can find varieties of Catopsis from Florida, running parts of Brazil in the East, as well as the Caribbean. Kingdom Plantae (Plants) (Unranked) Angiosperms (Unranked) Monocots (Unranked) Commelinids Order…
Tropical pitcher plants, popular name monkey cups, fit in the Nepenthes carnivorous plants species having pitfall traps. They include a verified list of 130 prevalent varieties in China, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Madagascar, Australia, India, Seychelles, Borneo, and Sumatra. They derive the name “monkey cups” due that you can often see monkeys drinking rainwater from them. Kingdom Plantae…
Drosera, usually famous as the sundews, encompasses one of the biggest varieties of carnivorous plants, having over 194 species. The members of the Droseraceae family attract, arrest, and absorb insects through stalked mucilaginous glands spread over the surface of their leaves. The insects go to enrich the meager mineral nutrition of the soil wherein they grow….
Pinguicula carnivorous plants, more popularly known as the butterworts, are a species of carnivorous plants that employ their sticky, glandular leaves to entice, trap, and absorb insects to compensate for the meager mineral nutrition they get from the environments. At present, it has eighty known species. Of these, twelve belong to Europe, nine to North America,…
The genre Heliamphora carnivorous plants have 23 varieties of pitcher plants that are widespread in South America. Everyone knows the species group as “sun pitchers,” because of the misguided opinion that the Heli of Heliamphora derives from the Greek Helios, meaning “sun”. Actually, the name is a derivative of helos, meaning marsh. Therefore, a more precise translation of their scientific…
Drosophyllum is a type of carnivorous plant having a single genre, Drosophyllum lusitanicum (Portuguese sundew or dewy pine). It looks akin to the related group Drosera (the sundews) and to the more distant cousin Byblis (the rainbow plants). Kingdom Plantae (Plants) (Unranked): Angiosperms (Unranked): Eudicots (Unranked): Core Eudicots Order Caryophyllales Family Drosophyllaceae Chrtek, Slavikova & Studnicka Genus Cephalotus…
Cephalotus follicularis is the single specie of the genus Cephalotus and they call it the pitcher plant. The adapted leaves form the pit-fall traps and many names exist for this plant, including, the flycatcher plant, the Albany pitcher plant, the moccasin plant, and the Western Australian pitcher plant. Kingdom Plantae (Plants) (Unranked) Angiosperms (Unranked) Eudicots (Unranked)…