Drosophyllum lusitanicum

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Noun1.Drosophyllum lusitanicum - perennial of dry habitats whose leaves have glandular hairs that secrete adhesive and digestive fluid for capture and digestion of insects; Portugal, southern Spain and Morocco
carnivorous plant - plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals
Drosophyllum, genus Drosophyllum - one species
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It can be extracted from different plant species, such as Phyllostachys pubescens, Patrinia, Fagopyrum esculentum, Eremurus spectabilis, and Drosophyllum lusitanicum (Figure I) [12].
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Philcoxia (Plantaginaceae) and the mostly monotypic plants, Drosophyllum lusitanicum (Drosophyllaceae), Priphyophyllum pehatum (Dioncophyllaceae), Roridula dentata and R.
Review of Carnivorous Plants: Physiology, Ecology, and Evolution
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