Aldrovanda

Taxobox
fossil_range = Paleocene - Recent
name = "Aldrovanda"

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image_caption = "Aldrovanda vesiculosa"
regnum = Plantae
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 of carnivorous plants encompassing one extant species ("Aldrovanda vesiculosa") and numerous extinct taxa.

"Aldrovanda" species are thought to be the evolutionary descendants of "Palaeoaldrovanda splendens" from the Late 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.