Wet Plant Lab (Archived)
Document Type
Video
Video Length
2 minutes 27 seconds
Publication Date
9-18-2019
Abstract
Utricularia (or "bladderworts") are carnivorous plants who, unable to survive on the scanty rations of the world’s greediest environments, developed a swift and deadly draw to reap refreshment from the flesh of their rivals!
References / Further Reading: Ultra-fast underwater suction traps: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.2292
Suction velocities and acceleration: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01... Review of Utricularia biomechanics: https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plv140
Example prey mortality rates of Utricularia: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2427.2... The vegetarian side of Utricularia: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-008-94...
Maybe Utricularia isn't so carnivorous? https://bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c...
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Van Stan, John T. II, "Bladderworts: Fastest Draw in the Plant Kingdom" (2019). Wet Plant Lab (Archived). 4.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ferl-videos/4
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