Plants Described in the 1810s - Plants Described in 1810, Plants Described in 1811, Plants Described in 1812, Plants Described in 1813 (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 139. Not illustrated. Chapters: Plants Described in 1810, Plants Described in 1811, Plants Described in 1812, Plants Described in 1813, Plants Described in 1814, Plants Described in 1816, Plants Described in 1817, Plants Described in 1818, Plants Described in 1819, Pinguicula Moranensis, Passiflora Edulis, Bulbine Bulbosa, Indian Ricegrass, Disocactus Phyllanthoides, Epidendrum Flexuosum, Ipomoea Pes-Caprae, Lippia Graveolens, Mahonia Nervosa, Viola Betonicifolia, Grevillea Venusta, Opuntia Stricta, Arbutus Xalapensis, Simarouba Glauca, Exocarpos Strictus, Piper Sarmentosum, Scaevola Aemula, Sabal Maritima, Stylidium Rotundifolium, Utricularia Striatula, Kennedia Prostrata, Acrocomia Crispa, Stylidium Alsinoides, Stylidium Pedunculatum, Pultenaea Scabra, Pimelea Flava, Campylopus Introflexus, Stylidium Capillare, Cattleya Trianae, Stylidium Diffusum, Pimelea Alpina, Pterostylis Nutans, Arctostaphylos Pungens, Duboisia Myoporoides, Salvia Lanigera, Solanum Albidum, Acidonia, Lambertia Inermis, Bellendena, Androsace Occidentalis, Nicotiana Quadrivalvis, Salvia Prunelloides, Platyzoma, Grevillea Australis, Gymnostachys, Saccharum Munja, Sabal Pumos, Pyrola Picta, Collinsia Verna, Taraxacum Laevigatum. Excerpt: P. moranensis var. moranensisP. moranensis var. neovolcanica Pinguicula moranensis (pronounced ) is a perennial rosette-forming insectivorous herb native to Mexico and Guatemala. A species of butterwort, it forms summer rosettes of flat, succulent leaves up to 10 centimeters (4 in) long, which are covered in mucilagenous (sticky) glands that attract, trap, and digest arthropod prey. Nutrients derived from the prey are used to supplement the nutrient-poor substrate that the plant grows in. In the winter the plant forms a non-carnivorous rosette of small, fleshy leaves that conserves energy while food and moisture supplies are l...