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Drosophyllum in the wild
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Caryophyllales Family: Drosophyllaceae Genus: Drosophyllum Species: D. lusitanicum
Binomial name
Drosophyllum lusitanicum (L.) Link

Drosophyllum is a genus of carnivorous plants containing the single species Drosophyllum lusitanicum or Dewy pine. Drosophyllum is very similar to the closely related genus Drosera (the sundews), and to the rather more distantly related Byblis (the rainbow plants). Drosophyllum in the wild This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families Achatocarpaceae Aizoaceae (Fig-marigold family) Amaranthaceae (amaranth family) Ancistrocladaceae Asteropeiaceae Barbeuiaceae Basellaceae (basella family) Cactaceae (cactus family) Caryophyllaceae (carnation family) Dioncophyllaceae Droseraceae (sundew family) Drosophyllaceae Frankeniaceae Molluginaceae (carpetweed family) Nepenthaceae Nyctaginaceae (four-oclock family) Physenaceae Phytolaccaceae (pokeweed family) Plumbaginaceae (plumbago family) Polygonaceae (buckwheat family) Portulacaceae (purslane family) Rhabdodendraceae... Binomial name Drosophyllum lusitanicum (L.) Link Drosophyllum is a genus of carnivorous plants containing the single species Drosophyllum lusitanicum or Dewy pine. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... A Nepenthes in flower, growing on a road cut in Palau A carnivorous plant is a plant that derives some or most of its nutrients (but not energy) by trapping and consuming animals, especially insects and other arthropods. ... Categories: Plant stubs | Carnivorous plants | Magnoliopsida ... Byblis Categories: Plant stubs | Carnivorous plants | Lamiales ...

The single species is native to Portugal, Spain and Morocco, and is one of the few carnivorous plants to grow in dry, alkaline soil. The long, glandular leaves lack the power of movement common to most sundews, but have the unusual characteristic of being coiled outward when immature. The plant is also unusual because it has a slight smell of honey, which attracts the insects it preys upon. When the insects land on the leaves, they find themselves stuck to the muculage. The more the insects struggle, the more covered they get and they ultimately die of soffocation, after which the plant secretes enzymes and digests the prey item. For the heavy metal band see Soil (band) Soil is unconsolidated rock particle that lies on the surface of the earth, supporting the growth of plants, and serving as a habitat for animal life from microorganisms to small animals. ... In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... Categories: Plant stubs | Carnivorous plants | Magnoliopsida ...

The genus had always been assumed to be closely allied to Drosera, however, recent molecular and biochemical data place it in the monotypic Drosophyllaceae (Chrtek, Slaviková & Studnicka), as recommended by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, and allied with the Dioncophyllaceae (Triphyophyllum) and Ancistrocladaceae. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group is an international group of systematic botanists who have come together to try to establish a consensus view of the taxonomy of flowering plants in the light of the rapid rise of molecular systematics. ... Binomial name Triphyophyllum peltatum (Hutch. ...

Links

International carnivorous plant society