| Paepalanthus bromelioides | |
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| Paepalanthus, family Eriocaulaceae. Native to cerrado, Brazil. Popular: "Chuveirinho" | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Eriocaulaceae |
| Genus: | Paepalanthus |
| Species: | P. bromelioides
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| Binomial name | |
| Paepalanthus bromelioides Silv.
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Paepalanthus bromelioides is a species in the flowering plant family Eriocaulaceae. This family is placed in the Poales, close to the Bromeliaceae, whose morphology this genus shares. Paepalanthus bromelioides is native to Cerrado. There is some speculation that the occasional insects trapped in the urn of this plant are evidence of its being a carnivorous plant or protocarnivorous, possible deriving nutrients from termite mounds that termites frequently make in the plants' roots.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Nishi, Aline Hiroko; Vasconcellos-Neto, João; Romero, Gustavo Quevedo (January 2013). "The role of multiple partners in a digestive mutualism with a protocarnivorous plant". Annals of Botany. 111 (1): 143–150. doi:10.1093/aob/mcs242. PMC 3523655. PMID 23131297. Retrieved 4 May 2022.