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abot81-8
Title
Trigger hair of <em>Dionaea muscipula</em> (Venus flytrap) and a view of mucila
Author
S. E. Williams Lebenon Valley College Department of Biology Annville Pennsylvania 17003 USA
Keywords
Drosera, apomorphy, Dionaea, Drosera capensis, Dionaea muscipula
Description
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Left: Trigger hair of Dionaea muscipula (Venus flytrap). Right: Enlarged view of mucilage-covered tip of Drosera capensis (Cape sundew). Each of these two different structures produces an electrical signal that triggers leaf movements, an apomorphy uniting Dionaea and Drosera with the Droseraceae.
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copyright: S. E. Williams, BSA
license: http://images.botany.org/index.html#license
Collection
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Botanical Name
<em>Dionaea muscipula</em> and <em>Drosera capensis</em>
Common Name
Venus flytrap and Cape sundew
End User Role
Teacher, Learner
Link URL
http://www.botany.org/Abstracts/81-08-1027.php
Link Title
Relationships of Droseraceae; a cladistic analysis of rbcL sequence and morphological data
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