Background The cost–benefit model for the evolution of botanical carnivory provides a
conceptual framework for interpreting a wide range of comparative and experimental studies …

Tropical East Asia is home to over one billion people and faces massive human impacts
from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has already lost more than half of its …

Carnivorous plants reverse the order we expect in nature: here, animals do not feed on
plants, but plants hunt and feed on animal prey, primarily insects, thereby enabling these …

Nepenthaceae is one of the largest carnivorous plant families and features ecological and
morphological adaptations indicating an impressive adaptive radiation. However …

Plants belonging to the genus Nepenthes are carnivorous, using specialized pitfall traps
called “pitchers” that attract, capture, and digest insects as a primary source of nutrients. We …

Nepenthes pitcher plants display interspecific diversity in pitcher form and diets. This
species‐rich genus might be a conspicuous candidate for an adaptive radiation. However …

Abstract Background and Aims Carnivorous plants have developed strategies to enable
growth in nutrient-poor soils. For the genus Nepenthes, this strategy represents producing …

Plants require the uptake of nutrients (in most cases via roots) and their incorporation into
plant organs for growth. In non-woody species, 83% of fresh weight is water, 7% is carbon …

The trap of the carnivorous plant Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) catches prey by very
rapid closure of its modified leaves. After the rapid closure secures the prey, repeated …

Carnivorous plants use different morphological features to attract, trap and digest prey,
mainly insects. Plants from the genus Nepenthes possess specialized leaves called pitchers …