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Some 450 species of insectivorous plants have been discovered since Darwin published his work on the subject in 18751. We report here the first known case of a plant that traps and digests protozoa.
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Barthlott, W., Porembski, S., Fischer, E. et al. First protozoa-trapping plant found. Nature 392, 447 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/33037
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