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The Droseraceae are a family of carnivorous plants, commonly known as the sundew family. They include Drosera (the sundews), which produce sticky substances that trap prey, and Dionaea muscipula, the Venus fly trap, which has leaves modified to form traps that close when disturbed. Two other genera, Drosophyllum, and Aldrovanda, resemble a large sundew, and an aquatic Venus flytrap respectively.

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Droseraceae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (261 words)
	Droseraceae is the botanical name for a family of flowering plants.
	Recent molecular and biochemical evidence (see the AP-Website) suggests that the carnivorous taxa in the order Caryophyllales (the families Droseraceae, Drosophyllaceae, Nepenthaceae, and the species Triphyophyllum peltatum) all belong to the same clade which does not consist only of carnivorous plants but also includes some non-carnivorous plants such as those in the family Ancistrocladaceae.
	Droseraceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards).

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