Butterworts
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q161663
Library of congress:
sh 88022998
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 96-5609: Gentle, V. Butterworts, c1996.
- Web. 3:
- Hortus 3
- SPN
- Biol. & agr. index
- AGRICOLA on 1stsearch, 3/11/96
- Rahn, J.E. Traps & lures in the living world, 1980:
- Temple, P. Carnivorous plants, 1993:
- Slack, A. Carnivorous plants, 1980:
- LC database, 3/11/96
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Wikipedia description:
Pinguicula, commonly known as butterworts, is a genus of carnivorous flowering plants in the family Lentibulariaceae. They use sticky, glandular leaves to lure, trap, and digest insects in order to supplement the poor mineral nutrition they obtain from the environment. Of the roughly 80 currently known species, 13 are native to Europe, 9 to North America, and some to northern Asia. The largest number of species is in South and Central America.
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