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'''''Roridula dentata''''' is a [[carnivorous plant]] native to the [[Cape Provinces]] of [[South Africa]].<ref name=MillBlum11>{{cite book |first1=Andrew |last1=Millington |first2=Mark |last2=Blumler |first3=Udo |last3=Schickhoff |title=The SAGE Handbook of Biogeography |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=A2clqrhHUpIC&pg=PA143 |accessdate=2013-08-07 |date=2011 |publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=978-1-4462-5445-5 |pages=143– |quote=The Cape Floristic Region in South Africa is comparatively rich in endemic flowering-plant families. Five families of angiosperms (Penaeaceae, Roridulaceae, Geissolomataceae, Grubbiaceae, and Lanariaceae) are endemic to that region ...}}</ref>
'''''Roridula dentata''''' is a [[carnivorous plant]] native to the [[Cape Provinces]] of [[South Africa]].<ref name=MillBlum11>{{cite book |first1=Andrew |last1=Millington |first2=Mark |last2=Blumler |first3=Udo |last3=Schickhoff |title=The SAGE Handbook of Biogeography |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A2clqrhHUpIC&pg=PA143 |accessdate=2013-08-07 |date=2011 |publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=978-1-4462-5445-5 |pages=143– |quote=The Cape Floristic Region in South Africa is comparatively rich in endemic flowering-plant families. Five families of angiosperms (Penaeaceae, Roridulaceae, Geissolomataceae, Grubbiaceae, and Lanariaceae) are endemic to that region ...}}</ref>


It can be found only in the hotter and more arid inland at the mountains of [[Clanwilliam, Western Cape|Clanwilliam]] and [[Tulbagh' Ceres]] and can grow up to more than 150&nbsp;cm. The leaves are covered with sticky hairs and produce a [[resin]] (rather than a [[mucilage]] as in most other sticky carnivorous plants), enabling it to catch insects, such as wasps or bees, and very occasionally small birds.<ref name="McPherson 2008">[[Stewart McPherson (geographer)|McPherson, Stewart]]. 2008. ''Glistening Carnivores: the Sticky-leaved Insect-eating Plants''. Poole, Dorset, England: Redfern Natural History Productions. ISBN 978-0-9558918-1-6</ref>
It can be found only in the hotter and more arid inland at the mountains of [[Clanwilliam, Western Cape|Clanwilliam]] and [[Tulbagh' Ceres]] and can grow up to more than 150&nbsp;cm. The leaves are covered with sticky hairs and produce a [[resin]] (rather than a [[mucilage]] as in most other sticky carnivorous plants), enabling it to catch insects, such as wasps or bees, and very occasionally small birds.<ref name="McPherson 2008">[[Stewart McPherson (geographer)|McPherson, Stewart]]. 2008. ''Glistening Carnivores: the Sticky-leaved Insect-eating Plants''. Poole, Dorset, England: Redfern Natural History Productions. ISBN 978-0-9558918-1-6</ref>

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Roridula dentata
Scientific classification
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R. dentata
Binomial name
Roridula dentata
L. (1764)
Synonyms
  • Drosera roridula
    Thunb. (1797) nom.illeg.
  • Drosera verticillata
    L. (1830) nom.illeg.
  • Ireon verticillatum
    (L.) Burm.f. (1768) nom.illeg.
  • Roridula brachysepala
    Gdgr. (1913)
    [=R. dentata/R. gorgonias]
  • Roridula muscicapa
    Gaertn. (1788)
  • Roridula verticillata
    (L.) Pers. (1815) nom.illeg.

Roridula dentata is a carnivorous plant native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.[1]

It can be found only in the hotter and more arid inland at the mountains of Clanwilliam and Tulbagh' Ceres and can grow up to more than 150 cm. The leaves are covered with sticky hairs and produce a resin (rather than a mucilage as in most other sticky carnivorous plants), enabling it to catch insects, such as wasps or bees, and very occasionally small birds.[2]

References

  1. ^ Millington, Andrew; Blumler, Mark; Schickhoff, Udo (2011). The SAGE Handbook of Biogeography. SAGE Publications. pp. 143–. ISBN 978-1-4462-5445-5. Retrieved 2013-08-07. The Cape Floristic Region in South Africa is comparatively rich in endemic flowering-plant families. Five families of angiosperms (Penaeaceae, Roridulaceae, Geissolomataceae, Grubbiaceae, and Lanariaceae) are endemic to that region ...
  2. ^ McPherson, Stewart. 2008. Glistening Carnivores: the Sticky-leaved Insect-eating Plants. Poole, Dorset, England: Redfern Natural History Productions. ISBN 978-0-9558918-1-6

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