- Aldrovanda
Taxobox
fossil_range =Paleocene - Recent
name = "Aldrovanda"
image_caption = "Aldrovanda vesiculosa"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Caryophyllales
familia =Droseraceae
genus = "Aldrovanda"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision =See text."Aldrovanda" (pronEng|ældɹəʊvændə) is a
genus ofcarnivorous plant s encompassing one extant species ("Aldrovanda vesiculosa ") and numerous extinct taxa."Aldrovanda" species are thought to be the evolutionary descendants of "
Palaeoaldrovanda splendens " from theLate Cretaceous .pecies
*†"
Aldrovanda borysthenica "
*†"Aldrovanda clavata "
*†"Aldrovanda dokturovskyi "
*†"Aldrovanda eleanorae "
*†"Aldrovanda europaea "
*†"Aldrovanda inopinata "
*†"Aldrovanda intermedia "
*†"Aldrovanda kuprianovae "
*†"Aldrovanda megalopolitana "
*†"Aldrovanda nana "
*†"Aldrovanda ovata "
*†"Aldrovanda praevesiculosa "
*†"Aldrovanda rugosa "
*†"Aldrovanda sibirica "
*†"Aldrovanda sobolevii "
*†"Aldrovanda unica "
*"Aldrovanda vesiculosa "
*†"Aldrovanda zussii "Several undescribed species are also known.
The distinctions between the various named species have been criticised, [Friis, E.-M. 1980. Microcarpological Studies of Middle Miocene Floras of Western Denmark. Ph.D. Thesis, Aarhus Universitet, 183-186.] although SEM analysis of the seed structures seems to confirm the existence of different species. [Iakubovskaya, T.V. 1991. Rod "Aldrovanda" (Droseraceae) v Plieistotsenie Bielorussii. "Bot. Zhurnal" 76(1): 109-118.]
References
*Degreef, J.D. 1997. PDFlink| [http://carnivorousplants.org/cpn/articles/CPNv26n3p93_97.pdf Fossil "Aldrovanda".] |263 KiB "
Carnivorous Plant Newsletter " 26(3): 93–97.
*Schlauer, J. 1997. PDFlink| [http://carnivorousplants.org/cpn/articles/CPNv26n3p98.pdf Fossil "Aldrovanda" — Additions.] |71.7 KiB "Carnivorous Plant Newsletter " 26(3): 98.
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