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Stylidium Lowrieanum
''Stylidium'' (also known as triggerplants or trigger plants) is a genus of dicotyledonous plants that belong to the family Stylidiaceae. The genus name ''Stylidium'' is derived from the Greek ''στύλος'' or ''stylos'' (column or pillar), which refers to the distinctive reproductive structure that its flowers possess. Pollination is achieved through the use of the sensitive "trigger", which comprises the male and female reproductive organs fused into a column (botany), floral column that snaps forward quickly in response to touch, harmlessly covering the insect in pollen. Most of the approximately 300 species are only found in Australia, making it the fifth largest genus in that country. Triggerplants are considered to be protocarnivorous or carnivorous plant, carnivorous because the glandular trichomes that cover the Scape (botany), scape and flower can trap, kill, and digest small insects with protease enzymes produced by the plant. Recent research has raised questions as to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stylidium Graminifolium
''Stylidium graminifolium'', the grass triggerplant, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus '' Stylidium'' (family Stylidiaceae). This species used to belong to the ''Stylidium graminifolium'' complex, but the name was conserved for this single species when two others were split from the complex and introduced as new species in 2001.Jackson, W.D. and Wiltshire, R.J.E. (2001)Historical taxonomy and a resolution of the ''Stylidium graminifolium'' complex (Stylidiaceae) in Tasmania ''Australian Systematic Botany'', 14(6): 937-969. ''S. graminifolium'' is endemic to Australia and is one of the ''Stylidium'' species with the widest distribution throughout Australia.Darnowski, Douglas W. (2002). ''Triggerplants''. Australia: Rosenberg Publishing. It is a perennial plant with grass-like leaves and is easily cultivated. It has been considered to be a carnivorous or protocarnivorous plant because it possesses glandular trichomes underneath the flowers that can trap and diges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
