Australian Pitcher Plant (IMAGE)

University at Buffalo

Australian Pitcher Plant

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Cephalotus follicularis, the Australian pitcher plant. Photographed here in its native range in Western Australia, this carnivorous plant evolved to digest insects through a strikingly similar evolutionary pathway as other plants that developed the same capability independently, a new study finds.

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Mitsuyasu Hasebe

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