Question
Download Solution PDFWhich of the following is a carnivorous plant?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Drosera.
Key Points
Explanation:
- The animals which feed on other animals are called carnivorous animals.
- In plants also there are some plants that feed on insects.
- Such plants are having modified leaves known as pitfall traps.
- Insects are attracted to these traps.
- They get digested by the pitcher plant's digestive juices.
- Other such plants are Drosera, dionaea, Utricularia, etc.
- In pitcher plants, there are leaves for photosynthesis for preparing starch like other plants.
- It fulfils its nitrogen requirements from insects.
- The area in which such plants grow lacks nitrogen in the soil.
Drosera, pitcher plant, and Utricularia is the set of plants representing insectivorous plants.
Additional Information
- Cuscuta is parasitic plant.
- Algae has an autotropic mode of nutrition.
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