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55 relations: Aldehyde, Amino acid, Ammonium, Anthocyanin, Australia, Brocchinia reducta, Bromeliaceae, California, Carnivorous plant, Catopsis berteroniana, Cephalotus, Convergent evolution, Darlingtonia californica, Darlingtonia State Natural Site, Enzyme, Eudicots, Evolution, Floral emblem, Genus, Glossary of botanical terms, Hair, Heliamphora, Human waste, Insect, Larva, Liquid, Monocotyledon, Mountain treeshrew, Mutualism (biology), Natural selection, Nectar, Nepenthes, Nepenthes truncata, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nitrogen, North America, Old World, Operculum (botany), Peptide, Phosphate, Phosphorus, Phytotelma, Plant cuticle, Rhizome, Sarracenia, Sarracenia purpurea, Sarraceniaceae, Soil, South America, Symbiosis, ..., Tendril, The Carnivorous Plants (1989 book), Treeshrew, Urea, Wax. Expand index (5 more) »
Aldehyde
An aldehyde or alkanal is an organic compound containing a functional group with the structure −CHO, consisting of a carbonyl center (a carbon double-bonded to oxygen) with the carbon atom also bonded to hydrogen and to an R group, which is any generic alkyl or side chain.
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Amino acid
Amino acids are organic compounds containing amine (-NH2) and carboxyl (-COOH) functional groups, along with a side chain (R group) specific to each amino acid.
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Ammonium
The ammonium cation is a positively charged polyatomic ion with the chemical formula.
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Anthocyanin
Anthocyanins (also anthocyans; from Greek: ἄνθος (anthos) "flower" and κυάνεος/κυανοῦς kyaneos/kyanous "dark blue") are water-soluble vacuolar pigments that, depending on their pH, may appear red, purple, or blue.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Brocchinia reducta
Brocchinia reducta is one of few carnivorous bromeliads.
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Bromeliaceae
The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a family of monocot flowering plants of 51 genera and around 3475 known species native mainly to the tropical Americas, with a few species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, Pitcairnia feliciana.
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California
California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.
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Carnivorous plant
Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients (but not energy) from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods.
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Catopsis berteroniana
Catopsis berteroniana, commonly known as the powdery strap airplant, is an epiphytic bromeliad thought to be a possible carnivorous plant, similar to Brocchinia reducta, although the evidence is equivocal.
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Cephalotus
Cephalotus (or; Greek: κεφαλή "head", and οὔς/ὠτός "ear", to describe the head of the anthers) is a genus which contains one species, Cephalotus follicularis the Australian pitcher plant, a small carnivorous pitcher plant.
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Convergent evolution
Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different lineages.
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Darlingtonia californica
Darlingtonia californica, also called the California pitcher plant, cobra lily, or cobra plant, is a species of carnivorous plant, the sole member of the genus Darlingtonia in the family Sarraceniaceae.
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Darlingtonia State Natural Site
Darlingtonia State Natural Site (18 acres) is a state park and botanical preserve located five miles (8 km) north of Florence, Oregon, United States on U.S. Route 101, just west of Mercer Lake and south of Sutton Lake that is dedicated to the preservation of a rare plant.
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Enzyme
Enzymes are macromolecular biological catalysts.
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Eudicots
The eudicots, Eudicotidae or eudicotyledons are a clade of flowering plants that had been called tricolpates or non-magnoliid dicots by previous authors.
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Evolution
Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
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Floral emblem
In a number of countries, plants have been chosen as symbols to represent specific geographic areas.
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Genus
A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.
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Glossary of botanical terms
This glossary of botanical terms is a list of terms relevant to botany and plants in general.
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Hair
Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis.
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Heliamphora
The genus Heliamphora (or; Greek: helos "marsh" and amphoreus "amphora") contains 23 species of pitcher plants endemic to South America.
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Human waste
Human waste (or human excreta) is a waste type usually used to refer to byproducts of digestion, such as feces and urine.
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Insect
Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.
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Larva
A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.
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Liquid
A liquid is a nearly incompressible fluid that conforms to the shape of its container but retains a (nearly) constant volume independent of pressure.
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Monocotyledon
Monocotyledons, commonly referred to as monocots, (Lilianae sensu Chase & Reveal) are flowering plants (angiosperms) whose seeds typically contain only one embryonic leaf, or cotyledon.
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Mountain treeshrew
The mountain treeshrew (Tupaia montana) is a treeshrew species within the Tupaiidae.
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Mutualism (biology)
Mutualism or interspecific cooperation is the way two organisms of different species exist in a relationship in which each individual benefits from the activity of the other.
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Natural selection
Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype.
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Nectar
Nectar is a sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists, which in turn provide antiherbivore protection.
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Nepenthes
Nepenthes, also known as tropical pitcher plants, is a genus of carnivorous plants in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae.
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Nepenthes truncata
Nepenthes truncata (from Latin: truncatus.
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Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; Akamassiss; Newfoundland Irish: Talamh an Éisc agus Labradar) is the most easterly province of Canada.
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Nitrogen
Nitrogen is a chemical element with symbol N and atomic number 7.
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North America
North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.
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Old World
The term "Old World" is used in the West to refer to Africa, Asia and Europe (Afro-Eurasia or the World Island), regarded collectively as the part of the world known to its population before contact with the Americas and Oceania (the "New World").
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Operculum (botany)
An operculum or (in plural) opercula are botanical terms describing a certain structure or structures of certain vascular plants, mosses, or fungi which act as a cap, flap, or lid.
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Peptide
Peptides (from Gr.: πεπτός, peptós "digested"; derived from πέσσειν, péssein "to digest") are short chains of amino acid monomers linked by peptide (amide) bonds.
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Phosphate
A phosphate is chemical derivative of phosphoric acid.
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Phosphorus
Phosphorus is a chemical element with symbol P and atomic number 15.
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Phytotelma
Phytotelma (plural phytotelmata) is a small water-filled cavity in a terrestrial plant.
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Plant cuticle
A plant cuticle is a protecting film covering the epidermis of leaves, young shoots and other aerial plant organs without periderm.
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Rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (from script "mass of roots", from rhizóō "cause to strike root") is a modified subterranean stem of a plant that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes.
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Sarracenia
Sarracenia is a genus comprising 8 to 11 species of North American pitcher plants, commonly called trumpet pitchers.
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Sarracenia purpurea
Sarracenia purpurea, commonly known as the purple pitcher plant, northern pitcher plant, turtle socks, or side-saddle flower, is a carnivorous plant in the family Sarraceniaceae.
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Sarraceniaceae
The Sarraceniaceae are a family of pitcher plants, belonging to order Ericales (previously Nepenthales).
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Soil
Soil is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life.
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South America
South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Symbiosis
Symbiosis (from Greek συμβίωσις "living together", from σύν "together" and βίωσις "living") is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms, be it mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasitic.
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Tendril
In botany, a tendril is a specialized stem, leaves or petiole with a threadlike shape that is used by climbing plants for support, attachment and cellular invasion by parasitic plants, generally by twining around suitable hosts found by touch.
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The Carnivorous Plants (1989 book)
The Carnivorous Plants is a major work on carnivorous plants by Barrie E. Juniper, Richard J. Robins, and Daniel M. Joel.
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Treeshrew
The treeshrews (or tree shrews or banxrings) are small Euarchontoglire mammals native to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia.
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Urea
Urea, also known as carbamide, is an organic compound with chemical formula CO(NH2)2.
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Wax
Waxes are a diverse class of organic compounds that are lipophilic, malleable solids near ambient temperatures.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcher_plant
