The curious world of carnivorous plants
Subtitle: a comprehensive guide to their biology and cultivation
By: by Wilhelm Barthlott ... [et al.] ; translation by Michael L.C. Ashdown.
Contributors: Barthlott, Wilhelm.; Ashdown, Michael.
Edition: English language ed.
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Portland, Or
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780881927924
Subjects: Carnivorous plants
Work titles: Karnivoren. English.
Notes: "First published with the title Karnivoren: biologie und kultur fleischfressender pflanzen by Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart, Germany, c2004."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The flowers of evil: an introduction; title: Habitats; title: Biogeography and diversity; title: Attracting and trapping mechanisms; title: Digestion of prey and nutrient uptake; title: Prey; title: Guests at the carnivores' table: the commensals; title: Noncarnivorous animal-trapping plants; title: The evolution of carnivory; title: Growing carnivorous plants; title: Nature conservation; title: Bromeliaceae: pineapple family (bromeliads); title: Byblidaceae: rainbow plant family; title: Cephalotaceae: Australian pitcher plant family; title: Dioncophyllaceae: hookleaf family; title: Drosophyllaceae: Portuguese sundew family; title: Droseraceae: sundew family; title: Lentibulariaceae: bladderwort family; title: Nepenthaceae: Asian pitcher plant family; title: Roridulaceae: bug plant family; title: Sarraceniaceae: American pitcher plant family; title: Animal-trapping liverworts; title: Animal-trapping fungi; title: The carnivorous plants of the world: a comprehensive listing from A to Z.