Carnivorous plants have emerged as model systems for addressing many ecological and evolutionary questions, and since Lentibulariaceae comprise more than half of all known carnivorous species (325 spp.), they are of particular interest. Studies using various molecular markers have established that Lentibulariaceae and their three genera are monophyletic with Pinguicula being sister to a Genlise...

• Here, enzymatic activity of five hydrolases was measured fluorometrically in the fluid collected from traps of four aquatic Utricularia species and in the water in which the plants were cultured. • In empty traps, the highest activity was always exhibited by phosphatases (6.1– 29.8 μmol l − 1 h − 1 ) and β -glucosidases (1.35–2.95 μmol l − 1 h − 1 ), while the activities of α -glucosidases, β...

Thirteen new carnivorous plant cultivars are named and described: Dionaea 'Angioma', 'EEC Thresher Shark', Pinguicula 'Urchin', 'Damon's Choice', Sarracenia 'Camisole', 'GraceY', 'Spanish Dancer', 'Yellow Hornet', 'White Cobra', 'Wilkerson White Knight', 'Flamenco', 'Asmoderolle', Utricularia 'Garcia's Treasure'

Carnivorous Lentibulariaceae exhibit the most sophisticated implementation of the carnivorous syndrome in plants. Their unusual lifestyle coincides with distinct genomic peculiarities such as the smallest angiosperm nuclear genomes and extremely high nucleotide substitution rates across all genomic compartments. Here, we report the complete plastid genomes from each of the three genera Pinguicu...

We report the first record of Utricularia breviscapa from state Maranhão, northeastern Brazil. collected this species in municipality Chapadinha, eastern within Cerrado domain. This work adds new information on flora Maranhão and distribution U. . Illustrations descriptions are also provided.

A field infested with Rotylenchulus reniformis in the Arkansas River valley near Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, was used to test the effects of R. reniformis on four commonly grown soybean cultivars (Lloyd, Tracy-M, Bedford, Forrest). At planting, the plots averaged 950 vermiform reniform nematodes per 100 cm(3) of soil. At harvest, the average R. reniformis reproductive index (final/i...