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Genlisea
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Genlisea ( ) is a genus of carnivorous plants also known as corkscrew plants. The 30 or so species grow in wet terrestrial to semi-aquatic environments distributed throughout Africa and Central and South America. The plants use highly modified underground leaves to attract, trap and digest minute microfauna, particularly protozoans. Although suggested a century earlier by Charles Darwin, carnivory in the genus was not proven until 1998.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyLentibulariaceae
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 114
- With media
- 60
- Family
- Lentibulariaceae
- Collections
- UNIVASF, GH, CENARGEN, MO, MICH, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA)
- Recorded in
- Brasil, Liberia, Gabon, Madagascar, Guinea, Brazil, Malawi, Belize
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Botanical history
- Genome size range
- Host–microbiome interactions
- References
- External links
Genlisea ( ) is a genus of carnivorous plants also known as corkscrew plants. The 30 or so species grow in wet terrestrial to semi-aquatic environments distributed throughout Africa and Central and South America. The plants use highly modified underground leaves to attract, trap and digest minute microfauna, particularly protozoans. Although suggested a century earlier by Charles Darwin, carnivory in the genus was not proven until 1998.
The generic name Genlisea honors the French writer and educator Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Albin, comtesse de Genlis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Genlisea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.