Sarracenia L.
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1213417E-FE9D-FE9F-CD54-F4574CF3C2C4 |
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Plazi |
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Sarracenia L. |
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1. Sarracenia L. View in CoL 3
Leaves all basal, each in the form of a hollow, curved, inverted cone, with the orifice partly covered by a broad flap or hood. (In the fluid contained in the leaf insects are trapped, and the organic matter released by their decay is absorbed.) Flowers solitary on long peduncles, closely subtended by 3 bracts. Sepals and petals 5; ovary 5-celled; style expanded at the apex into a large, peltate disc which fills the centre of the flower. Seeds numerous.
Literature: J. M. Macfarlane in Engler, Pflanzenreich 34 (IV.
110): 27-38 (1908).
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