Roridula

Roridula

Taxobox
name = "Roridula"



image_caption = "Roridula gorgonias"
image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Roridulaceae
familia_authority = Engl. & Gilg (1924) "nom.cons."
genus = "Roridula"
genus_authority = L. (1764)
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Roridula dentata"
"Roridula gorgonias"
range_


range_map_width = 240px
range_map_caption ="Roridula" distribution

"Roridula" (pronEng|ɹɔːɹɪduːlə) is a South African genus of plants that, whilst having many of the adaptations of a carnivorous plant, such as the possession of insect-trapping sticky hairs, does not directly digest the animals it traps. Instead, it is mutualistic with a species of bug, "Pameridea roridulae" (a type of capsid bug), which feeds on the trapped insects. The plant obtains nutrients from the droppings of this symbiotic insect. Whether this plant is regarded as carnivorous or protocarnivorous is essentially a matter of style. The genus contains just two species, "Roridula gorgonias" Planch. and "Roridula dentata" L., and is the only genus in the family Roridulaceae.

Misassigned taxa

*"Roridula arabica" Roem. & Schult. (1818) [="Cleome droserifolia"]
*"Roridula droserifolia" (Delile) Forsk. (1775) [="Cleome droserifolia"]
*"Roridula tetrandra" Vitm. (1790) [="Cleome droserifolia"]

References

* Anderson, B. 2005. Adaptations to Foliar Absorption of Faeces: a Pathway in Plant Carnivory. "Annals of Botany" 95(5): 757–761. DOI|10.1093/aob/mci082

External links

* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/roridula.htm Roridulaceae] in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.]


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