The moccasin plant of Australia contains mutualistic insect larvae that feed on trapped insects and whose excreta the plant absorbs, while other species use bacteria or enzymes to dissolve their prey.
Convergent evolution has produced three families of these plants, including the New World Sarraceniaceae. In the genus Nepenthes, tendrils extend from the midrib to hold the ‘monkey cup', while Heliamphora have a simple rolled leaf that excretes nectar. The moccasin plant of Australia contains mutualistic insect larvae that feed on trapped insects and whose excreta the plant absorbs, while other species use bacteria or enzymes to dissolve their prey. Insects are drowned in the traps of, for 10 points, which families of carnivorous plants?
Convergent evolution has produced three families of these plants, including the New World Sarraceniaceae.
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