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Gauri Nerkar, Nepenthes, World Wildlife Day

Nepenthes- The Deadly Pitcher

March 5, 2014

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(Submitted for World Wildlife Day contest organised by Indian Botanists Blog-o-Journal)Tweet -Gauri Nerkar, Coimbatore, India. Nepenthes goettingensis Photographed at Botanischer Garten, Berlin (Germany) Carnivory in plants is a relatively rare phenomenon. There are about 600 species, the majority of which belong to the Orders Caryophyllales and Lamiales (Ellison et al., 2009). Nepenthaceae (Caryophyllales) contains >100 species,…
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Blue Fluorescent Emission, Capture Spots, Carnivorous Plants, Dionaea, Dr Sabulal Baby, Drosera, Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, JNTBGRI, Nepenthes, The Plant Biology

Blue Fluorescent Emissions from Carnivorous Plant Attracts Prey: Indian Scientists

February 19, 2013

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Scientists from Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Pacha-Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India have reported a new prey capture mechanism in some species of carnivorous plants. They found the existence of distinct blue fluorescence emissions at the ‘capture spots’ of Nepenthes, Sarracenia, Drosera, Pinguicula, Dionaea muscipula and Utricularia stellaris at UV 366 nm. When…
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