Plant that traps and consumes animals or protozoans

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A plant related to birthwort, (Aristolochia longa L.): flowering stem with separate rhizome and sections of fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Tannia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium).

A species of the genus Arum: fruiting spadix with separate leaves and single sectioned fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

A species of the genus Arum: spadix, leaf and tuber. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Friar's cowl (Arisarum vulgare Targ. Tozz.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.

Sundew (Drosera sp.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Mouseplant (Arisarum proboscideum (L.) Savi): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

A plant (Aristolochia rotunda L.) related to birthwort: entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Dragon arum (Dracunculus vulgaris Schott): leaf and base of stem with tuber. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

A plant (Aristolochia sp.) related to birthwort: part of twining, flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Two types of pitcher plants (Sarracenia species): flowers and leaves. Chromolithograph, c. 1886, after H. Moon.

Insectivorous plants / by Charles Darwin ; revised by Francis Darwin.

Illustrations of North American pitcherplants / by Mary Vaux Walcott. Descriptions and notes on distribution, by Edgar T. Wherry. Notes on insect associates, by Frank Morton Jones.

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Carnivorous Plant

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Images referencing Carnivorous Plant

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Friar's cowl (Arisarum vulgare Targ. Tozz.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

A plant (Aristolochia sp.) related to birthwort: part of twining, flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Insectivorous plants / by Charles Darwin ; revised by Francis Darwin.

Illustrations of North American pitcherplants / by Mary Vaux Walcott. Descriptions and notes on distribution, by Edgar T. Wherry. Notes on insect associates, by Frank Morton Jones.

Two types of pitcher plants (Sarracenia species): flowers and leaves. Chromolithograph, c. 1886, after H. Moon.

Carnivorous Plant

Images from the collections

Images referencing Carnivorous Plant

Works from the collections

Friar's cowl (Arisarum vulgare Targ. Tozz.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

A plant (Aristolochia sp.) related to birthwort: part of twining, flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

Insectivorous plants / by Charles Darwin ; revised by Francis Darwin.

Illustrations of North American pitcherplants / by Mary Vaux Walcott. Descriptions and notes on distribution, by Edgar T. Wherry. Notes on insect associates, by Frank Morton Jones.

Two types of pitcher plants (Sarracenia species): flowers and leaves. Chromolithograph, c. 1886, after H. Moon.

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