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Plants that trap and eat animals: an amazing phenomenon that has inspired awe since before the days of Darwin. The victims may be flies and butterflies, small crustaceans, or even vertebrates the size of rats.<br> <br> Lured into the danger zone by optical, tactile, and olfactory strategies, the prey succomb to ingenious traps and face their doom. But unlike plants that temporarily catch insects for pollination, the true carnivores go considerably further: they digest them for the nutrients they need to survive in extremely inhospitable sites on land and in water. Drosophyllum lusitanicum can digest a mosquito within 24 hours. The common butterwort, Pinguicula vulgaris, digests small snimals within two days; a whole fly will disappear in Drosera anglica in four days.<br> <br> This exquisite book, copiously illustrated with closeup photography, provides detailed descriptions—including trapping mechanisms, digestion, and prey—and cultivation information for key species in 17 genera and 10 families. Most notably, it includes the first comprehensive listing of some 630 known carnivorous plant species, described in fascinating detail, with identification history and geographic distribut

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Author

Wilhelm Barthlott ... [et al.]; translation by Michael L.C. Ashdown

Publisher

Timber Press, Incorporated; Timber Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780881927924

Category

history

Subjects

Science, History, Nature

Rating

4.6 / 5 (25 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14