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    Aldrovanda /ˌældrəˈvændə/ is a genus of carnivorous plants encompassing one extant species (Aldrovanda vesiculosa, the waterwheel plant) and numerous extinct...
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    Aldrovanda vesiculosa, commonly known as the waterwheel plant, is the sole extant species in the flowering plant genus Aldrovanda of the family Droseraceae...
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    Aldrovanda borysthenica †Aldrovanda clavata †Aldrovanda dokturovskyi †Aldrovanda eleanorae †Aldrovanda europaea †Aldrovanda inopinata †Aldrovanda intermedia...
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    Aldrovanda have only one extant species. Drosera species trap prey by secreting a sticky substance from hairs on their leaves. Dionaea and Aldrovanda...
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    monotypic genus Dionaea. It is closely related to the waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa) and the cosmopolitan sundews (Drosera), all of which belong...
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    include members of Hydrocharitaceae and Cabombaceae, Ceratophyllum, and Aldrovanda, and most macroalgae (e.g. Chara and Nitella). Most aquatic plants can...
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    traps—the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) and the waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa)—had a common ancestor with the snap trap adaptation, which...
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    rapid movement; examples outside of Mimosa include the telegraph plant, Aldrovanda, some species of Drosera and the Venus flytrap. The leaves of the Mimosa...
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    established. These affect aquatic plants of the Volga Delta, such as Aldrovanda vesiculosa and the native Nelumbo caspica. About 11 plant species are...
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    below. Also of note, the placement of the section Regiae in relation to Aldrovanda and Dionaea is uncertain. Since the section Drosera is polyphyletic, it...
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    triggered mechanisms employed by Venus flytraps (Dionaea), waterwheels (Aldrovanda), and many sundews (Drosera). The only active mechanism involved is the...
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  • process driven by water power Waterwheel plant, common name for the plant Aldrovanda vesiculosa "Waterwheel", a composition by Ralph Towner from his 1978 album...
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    overwintering turions, especially in the genera Potamogeton, Myriophyllum, Aldrovanda and Utricularia. These plants produce turions in response to unfavourable...
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    are similar in the related Dionaea muscipula (the Venus flytrap) and Aldrovanda vesiculosa, is incompatible with clones, failing to produce seed when...
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  • Makino) Atsuko Tsuda July 17–21, 2023 16.3% 17 81–85 "Mujinamo" (ムジナモ, Aldrovanda vesiculosa) Tetsuya Watanabe July 24–28, 2023 16.8% 18 86–90 "Himesumire"...
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  • deposits of East Germany. Saxonipollis saxonicus was possibly a precursor to Aldrovanda, or a close relative to its precursor. Krutzsch, Wilfried 1970. Zur Kenntnis...
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    and for the cut-flower trade. Sundews, Venus flytraps and the aquatic Aldrovanda all have leaves that surround, trap and digest insects and other small...
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    terrestris) 36 79 African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis) 36 80 Waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa) 38 81 Tiger (Panthera tigris) 38 82 Sea otter (Enhydra lutris)...
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    before his death. Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) Waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa) Bladderwort (Utricularia) Certain varieties of sundew (Drosera)...
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  • (1522–1605), an Italian botanist and naturalist, after which the genus Aldrovanda is named Luigi Aldrovandi Marescotti, Count of Viano (1876–1945) Italian...
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  • genus Aldrovanda. Cajsa Lisa Anderson et al. (2005) wrote: "synapomorphic characters that link the fossils seeds [of P. splendens] to extant Aldrovanda include...
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    Hozoji-numa Aldrovanda vesiculosa Habitat (Natural Monument)...
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    Aldrovandi" in San Giovanni in Persiceto is named in his honor. The plant genus Aldrovanda is named after him. Cucurbita maxima Duchesne (c1660) Basilisk from Serpentum...
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    Acorus calamus (Common sweet flag) Acorus gramineus (Japanese sweet flag) Aldrovanda vesiculosa Alisma canaliculatum Alisma gramineum Alisma lanceolatum Alisma...
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  • Alangium Alberta Albizia (silk tree) Albuca Alcea (hollyhock) Alchemilla Aldrovanda Aleurites × Aliceara (hybrid genus) Alisma (water plantain) Alkanna Allagoptera...
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    inspired from the trapping system developed by the carnivorous plant Aldrovanda vesiculosa. There is a great need for new structural materials that are...
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    Droseraceae, and in particular in the genera Dionaea ("Venus flytrap") and Aldrovanda ("waterwheel"). The term apparently originated with the author Francis...
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    charge of the medicinal garden of Cardinal Odoardo Farnese Fabaceae Bu Aldrovanda Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605) Droseraceae St Alexa Alexandra Feodorovna...
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    sundews (Drosera), Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula), waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda), and dewy pine (Drosophyllum)], all lack those traits. Among known Nepenthes...
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    an aid in the cultivation of particularly difficult species, such as Aldrovanda vesiculosa, that are much more sensitive to high nutrient concentrations...
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