Scientists Add Unlikely New Member to World’s Carnivorous Plants

More than 150 years after Charles Darwin first wondered whether certain sticky-leaved Saxifraga plants might be secretly carnivorous, Kunming Institute of Botany researcher Tao Deng and colleagues say they have finally confirmed it. The post Scientists Add Unlikely New Member to World’s Carnivorous Plants appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News .

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Scientists Add Unlikely New Member to World’s Carnivorous Plants

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