Dionaea muscipula

Vernacular names

No common name has yet been provided in this gallery. (No wikidata item is associated with this gallery)

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: eudicots • Cladus: core eudicots • Cladus: superasterids • Ordo: Caryophyllales • Familia: Droseraceae • Genus: Dionaea • Species: Dionaea muscipula Sol. ex J. Ellis (1773)

Synonyms
Heterotypic synonyms Dionaea sensitiva Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 321 (1796) Dionaea corymbosa Raf., Med. Fl. 2: 217 (1830) Dionaea sessiliflora Raf., Med. Fl. 2: 217 (1830) Dionaea uniflora Raf., Atlantic J. 1: 78 (1832) Drosera sessiliflora Raf., Atlantic J. 1: 148 (1832) Drosera uniflora Raf., Atlantic J. 1: 148 (1832)

Natural habitats

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  Flytrap in pot
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  Traps
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Traps

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  Trap with prey
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  Traps
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  Closeup of trigger hair
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  trap with long legged insect
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  A dionea has just caught a hoverfly
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  Digested fly in a Dionaea muscipula's trap
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Flowers and seeds

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Cultivars

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  'Akai Ryu'
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  'Trichterfalle'

Botanical illustrations

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  plate 785 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine,
  vol. 20,
  (1804)
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  Illustration in:
  Charles Darwin: Insectenfressende Pflanzen,
  Fig. 12
  (1876)
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  seed (left lower corner)

Videos

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  closing trap
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  growth time-lapse
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  growth time-lapse faster

Herbarium specimens

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Native distribution areas

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Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. North Carolina, South Carolina.

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Dionaea muscipula.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Dionaea muscipula
• Tropicos link: Dionaea muscipula J. Ellis (+ sub-taxa)
• ITIS link: Dionaea muscipula J. Ellis
• NCBI link: Dionaea muscipula
• IUCN: Dionaea muscipula J.Ellis (old web site) (Vulnerable)
• GRIN link: Dionaea muscipula J. Ellis