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Morphology of Flowering Plants
Insectivorous Plants
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- Common and scientific names of insectivorous plants
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2002 AIPMT 1 question
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Choose the correct match: Bladderwort, sundew, Venus flytrap : -Bladderwort is Utricularia, an aquatic insectivorous plant with bladders that trap small animals.
Sundew is Drosera, whose leaves bear sticky glandular tentacles that trap insects.
Venus flytrap is Dionaea, whose two-lobed leaves snap shut on insects.
(Nepenthes is the pitcher plant; Vanda is an epiphytic orchid; Trapa is the water chestnut.)
So the correct match is Utricularia, Drosera, Dionaea.