Roridula

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Roridula
Roridula gorgonias
Roridula gorgonias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Roridulaceae
Engl. & Gilg (1924) nom.cons.
Genus: Roridula
L. (1764)
Roridula distribution
Roridula distribution
Species

Roridula dentata
Roridula gorgonias

Roridula (pronounced /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.

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Carnivorous plant genera
Aldrovanda • Brocchinia • Byblis • Catopsis • Cephalotus • Darlingtonia • Dionaea • Drosera • Drosophyllum • Genlisea • Heliamphora • Nepenthes • Pinguicula • Roridula • Sarracenia • Triphyophyllum • Utricularia

Protocarnivorous: Capsella • Dipsacus • Geranium • Ibicella • Paepalanthus • Passiflora • Plumbago • Potentilla • Stylidium

Extinct: Archaeamphora • Droserapollis • Droserapites • Droseridites • Fischeripollis • Palaeoaldrovanda • Saxonipollis

See also: List of carnivorous plants
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