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Ecophysiological investigation on Drosophyllum lusitanicum: Why doesn't the plant dry out?

Adamec, Lubomír

Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 38(3):71-74
Published 2009

https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn383.la180

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Summary

Drosophyllum lusitanicum (L.) Link (Portuguese dewy pine; Droseraceae) is the only carnivorous plant with distinctly xerophytic features even during the growing season, in great contrast to the general strategy in other carnivorous plants. It grows sporadically in a limited area in the subtropical Southern and Western parts of the Iberian Peninsula in Spain and Portugal as well as at the northernmost tip of Africa in Morocco.

Keywords: Drosophyllum lusitanicum

Article Citation

Adamec, Lubomír. 2009. Ecophysiological investigation on Drosophyllum lusitanicum: Why doesn't the plant dry out?. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 38(3):71-74. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn383.la180

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