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Drosera

Drosera, which is commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species. These members of the family Droseraceae lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surfaces. The insects are used to supplement the poor mineral nutrition of the soil in which the…

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Drosera

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Edges214
Triples151
Avg. degree1.99
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related to Further reading · 43
Drosera → Allen, Australia, Barthlott, Bd, Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, Carnivorous Plants, Correa, Droseraceae, English, Flora Neotropica, Frankfurt, Günter, Heft, Inge, ISBN, Jan, Mireya, Monograph, Natur, Nedlands
related to Conservation status · 24
Drosera → An, At, Austria, Bulgaria, Caribbean, Czech Republic, European, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, In Australia, In South America, Madagascar, Many, None, Protection, Some, South Africa, Switzerland
related to Growth form · 18
Drosera → All, Asian, Australia, Australia's, Australian, Bryastrum, Ergaleium, European, Hemicryptophyte, New Zealand, North American, Pygmy, Subtropical, Tasmania, Temperate, The, These, Tuberous
related to Taxonomy · 11
Drosera → Aldrovanda, Also, Bryastrum, Dionaea, Meristocaulis, More, Regiae, Rivadavia, Since, The, This
related to Traditional medicine · 11
Drosera → Culbreth's, In Western, Italian, Madagascar, Materia Medica, Matthaeus Platearius, Salerno, School, Sundew, The French Pharmacopoeia, The Zafimaniry
related to Nano-biotechnology · 9
Drosera → Because, Essentially, In, More, The, These, This, Using, X-ray
related to External links · 6
Drosera → America, Carnivorous Plant SocietyCarnivorous Plant, FAQThe Sundew Grow GuidesBotanical, Society, Sundews Archived, Wayback Machine
related to Etymology · 5
Drosera → Carl Linnaeus' Species Plantarum, Greek, Latin, The, The English
related to Roots · 5
Drosera → Some, Some Australian, South African, The, They
related to Gallery of prey · 2
Drosera → Phalaenophana, Tipulidae

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species sundews plants form leaves also prey mucilage genus often plant leaf sundew australia response flowers carnivorous native rotundifolia many

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Queenslandinstance ofExpanding population centres0.80text
Perthinstance ofExpanding population centres0.80text
and Cape Towninstance ofExpanding population centres0.80text
and the draining of moist areas for agricultureinstance ofExpanding population centres0.80text
forestry in rural areas threaten many such habitatsinstance ofExpanding population centres0.80text
asthmainstance ofThe French Pharmacopoeia of 1965 listed sundew for the treatment of inflammatory diseases0.80text
chronic bronchitisinstance ofThe French Pharmacopoeia of 1965 listed sundew for the treatment of inflammatory diseases0.80text
whooping cough.Drosera has been used commonly in cough preparations in Germanyinstance ofThe French Pharmacopoeia of 1965 listed sundew for the treatment of inflammatory diseases0.80text
elsewhere in Europeinstance ofThe French Pharmacopoeia of 1965 listed sundew for the treatment of inflammatory diseases0.80text
asthmainstance ofDrosera is used to treat ailments0.80text
coughsinstance ofDrosera is used to treat ailments0.80text
lung infectionsinstance ofDrosera is used to treat ailments0.80text

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