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Definition: Aldrovanda

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. One species: waterwheel plant.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "Aldrovanda" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Common Expressions: Aldrovanda

Expressions Definition
Aldrovanda vesiculosa Floating aquatic carnivorous perennial of central and southern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia having whorls of 6 to 9 leaves ending in hinged lobes for capturing e.g. water fleas. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Genus Aldrovanda One species: waterwheel plant. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Extended Definition: Aldrovanda

Aldrovanda

Aldrovanda
Fossil range: Paleocene - Recent
Aldrovanda vesiculosa
Aldrovanda vesiculosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Droseraceae
Genus: Aldrovanda
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Species

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Aldrovanda (pronounced /ældɹəʊvændə/) is a genus of carnivorous plants encompassing one extant species (Aldrovanda vesiculosa) and numerous extinct taxa.

Aldrovanda species are thought to be the evolutionary descendants of Palaeoaldrovanda splendens from the Late Cretaceous.

Species

Several undescribed species are also known.

The distinctions between the various named species have been criticised,[1] although SEM analysis of the seed structures seems to confirm the existence of different species.[2]

References

  1. Friis, E.-M. 1980. Microcarpological Studies of Middle Miocene Floras of Western Denmark. Ph.D. Thesis, Aarhus Universitet, 183-186.
  2. Iakubovskaya, T.V. 1991. Rod Aldrovanda (Droseraceae) v Plieistotsenie Bielorussii. Bot. Zhurnal 76(1): 109-118.
Carnivorous plant genera
Aldrovanda • Brocchinia • Byblis • Catopsis • Cephalotus • Darlingtonia • Dionaea • Drosera • Drosophyllum • Genlisea • Heliamphora • Nepenthes • Pinguicula • Roridula • Sarracenia • Triphyophyllum • Utricularia

Protocarnivorous: Capsella • Dipsacus • Geranium • Ibicella • Paepalanthus • Passiflora • Plumbago • Potentilla • Stylidium

Extinct: Archaeamphora • Droserapollis • Droserapites • Droseridites • Fischeripollis • Palaeoaldrovanda • Saxonipollis

See also: List of carnivorous plants

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Translations: Aldrovanda

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Japanese ムジナモ (Aldrovanda). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Aldrovanda. (volunteer & more translations)
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