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The forest department of Uttarakhand and the Botanical Survey of India have discovered a carnivorous plant - Utricularia Furcellata in Mandal , Chamoli district at an altitude of about 4,800 feet. It is the first time that the plant has been seen anywhere in the entire western Himalayas. The said plant has been documented by 'Japanese Botany' , a 104 year old prestigious Japanese journal[1]. The plant was last seen 37 years ago in 1986 in Meghalaya.It thrives on mosquitoes,larvae, tadpoles, and protozoa. The plant has a typical bladder-shaped structure, through which it traps its prey. For digestion of the trapped prey ,it uses hormones and chemicals. The plant is very small in size and blooms between June and September.Rains play and important role in its survival. The plant is very rare and can be highly harmed to biotic pressure. It is mostly found in wet soil and freshwater which has been confirmed by Botanical Survey of India. The plants strikes a balance in the ecosystem and also plays a major role in the food chain. They need less nutritive soil to grow and photosynthesis is not performed like regular plants[2].Sujasi (talk) 10:41, 7 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
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I think it's important to note the university that published this research to indicate that this was a serious academic study, but I agree it's not necessary to include the nationality of the researchers. Chefallen (talk) 22:22, 14 April 2010 (UTC)Reply
"The final carnivore with a pitfall-like trap is the bromeliad Brocchinia reducta. Like most relatives of the pineapple, the tightly-packed, waxy leaf bases of the strap-like leaves of this species form an urn. In most bromeliads, water collects readily in this urn and may provide habitats for frogs, insects and, more useful for the plant, diazotrophic (nitrogen-fixing) bacteria."
Habitats?? That implies they live there, in some sort of symbiosis. If the plant eats frogs and insects, then I think "habitats" would be inappropriate. I left it, so others can edit it. Thanks 99.9.112.31 (talk) 22:47, 17 February 2011 (UTC)NotWillDeckerReply
As the tomato plant is known to "trap" flies and other insects to utilize from their nutrients, does that make them carnivorous and therefore worth mentioning in this article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.114.37.178 (talk) 20:34, 11 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
A new discovery. Could someone who knows more incorporate this? Malick78 (talk) 10:50, 1 July 2012 (UTC)Reply
Should the recent discovery of carnivorous plants found in amber be included in the evolution section?(see: http://intl.pnas.org/content/112/1/190 and http://phys.org/news/2014-12-ancient-carnivorous-baltic-amber.html) Mikepellerintalk 20:00, 15 January 2015 (UTC)Reply
I stumbled upon youtube video id RuzLXxbGc4c and sought to find information on wikipedia regarding whether or not brambles are or are not carnivorous. Jasonkhanlar (talk) 04:06, 8 November 2015 (UTC)Reply
There's the list, but it would be *really* nice to have at least a vague visual taxonomy tree showing which carnivorous taxa are very/slightly/not very related. And what *else* (that's familiar) they're closely related to.
Any clever soul up to the task? Tamtrible (talk) 02:22, 14 April 2018 (UTC)Reply
This would probably be in addition to the list, probably just showing the families, unless someone wants to get really clever. eg. something kind of like this:
Asterales(Sunflowers and daisies) |
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Caryophyllales(Carnations) |
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Only, you know, including all of the clades, not just the first few. And maybe, if someone wants to be extra thorough, showing the relationships between the assorted orders, if they're known. Tamtrible (talk) 08:54, 15 April 2018 (UTC)Reply
It is stated in the current text that the timing mechanism helps ensure that the trap is not triggered by rain. However, two drops may easily hit within 30 seconds in heavy rain, so this is not really adding up logically.
I expect that the direction or the consistency of the trigger may play a role so that a liquid trigger is less effective.
The timing mechanism helps, but it does not explain why most traps remain open in heavy rain. Aecur (talk) 12:13, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply
I read through the article and I think it meets most of the criteria for a good article, but I am new to this sort of thing so please don't make fun of me if I got something wrong. That said, is there something I missed or can someone nominate this for a good article? (I might have missed a lack of citations or something) TypoEater (talk) 15:26, 1 February 2024 (UTC)Reply