Figure 1: A diagram of the insect trap in male and female Arisaema plants, and Sarracenia (a similar shaped carnivorous plant) (IMAGE)

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Figure 1: A diagram of the insect trap in male and female Arisaema plants, and Sarracenia (a similar shaped carnivorous plant)

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Both plants have evolved into a similar shape due to the same evolutionary pressure to trap insects, although their aims in trapping them differ (Arisaema: reliable pollination; Sarracenia: nutrient absorption).

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Suetsugu K* (2022) Arisaema: Pollination by lethal attraction. Plants, People, Planet, 4: 196–200.

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