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Aldrovanda vesiculosa

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Aldrovanda vesiculosa, commonly known as the waterwheel plant, is the sole extant species in the flowering plant genus Aldrovanda of the family Droseraceae. The plant captures small aquatic invertebrates using traps similar to those of the Venus flytrap. The traps are arranged in whorls around a central, free-floating stem, giving rise to the common name. This is one of the few plant species capable of rapid movement.
- Family
- Droseraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Aldrovanda vesiculosa
- Slug
- aldrovanda-vesiculosa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Droseraceae
- Genus
- Aldrovanda
- Species
- vesiculosa
- Wikidata QID
- Q572652
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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