A quantitative study of tissue dynamics in Venus's flytrap Dionaea muscipula (Droseraceae). II. Trap reopening

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 836-842

  Fagerberg, Wayne R ^a   Howe, Douglas G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

active traps; carnivorous plant; Dionaea; Droseraceae; flytrap; plant movement; stereology

Indexed keywords

DIONAEA; DIONAEA MUSCIPULA; DROSERACEAE;

EID: 0029854628     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446260     Document Type: Article

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