Aldrovanda

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Droseraceae
Genus: Aldrovanda
Species: A. vesiculosa
Paleospecies: †A. borysthenica – †A. clavata – †A. dokturovskyi – †A. eleanorae – †A. europaea – †A. inopinata – †A. intermedia – †A. kuprianovae – †A. megalopolitana – †A. nana – †A. ovata – †A. praevesiculosa – †A. rugosa – †A. sibirica – †A. sobolevii – †A. unica – †A. zussii

Name

Aldrovanda L. Sp. Pl. 1: 281 (1753).

Monotypic for extant species.

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 281. Reference page.

Additional references

Dergreef, J.D. 1997. Fossil Aldrovanda. Carnivorous Plants Newsletter, 26(3): 93-97. PDF
Westermeier, A.S., Sachse, R., Poppinga, S., Vögele, P., Adamec, L., Speck, T. & Bischoff, M. 2018. How the carnivorous waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa) snaps. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285(1878), p.20180012. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0012 PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Aldrovanda in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Jan. 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Aldrovanda. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 25 2015.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Wasserfalle
English: Waterwheel Plant
日本語: ムジナモ
polski: Aldrowanda
русский: Альдрованда
svenska: Vattenfällesläktet
中文: 貉藻屬