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muscipula

Taxon

Dionaea muscipula Ellis

Protologue St. James's Chron. Brit. Eve.-Post No. 1172: [4]. 1768 [1-3 Sep 1768]IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
EDGE Research • Predicted not threatened
Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (8).JPG

Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (8).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (7).JPG

Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (7).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (4).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (6).JPG

Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (6).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (2).JPG

Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (2).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (3).JPG

Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (3).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (10).JPG

Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (10).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (5).JPG

Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (5).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (1).JPG

Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (1).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (11).JPG

Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (11).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. (1).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA.  (7).JPG

Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. (7).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (9).JPG

Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. DSC08372 (9).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA.  (2).JPG

Dionaea muscipula. ID. Boise. 637 WSA. (2).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Dionaea muscipula--ID. Private Garden at 637 Warm Springs. 10 Oct 2015. DSC08339 (8).JPG

Dionaea muscipula--ID. Private Garden at 637 Warm Springs. 10 Oct 2015. DSC08339 (8).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Dionaea muscipula--ID. Private Garden at 637 Warm Springs. 10 Oct 2015. DSC08339 (4).JPG

Dionaea muscipula--ID. Private Garden at 637 Warm Springs. 10 Oct 2015. DSC08339 (4).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Dionaea muscipula--ID. Private Garden at 637 Warm Springs. 10 Oct 2015. DSC08339 (5).JPG

Dionaea muscipula--ID. Private Garden at 637 Warm Springs. 10 Oct 2015. DSC08339 (5).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Dionaea muscipula--ID. Private Garden at 637 Warm Springs. 10 Oct 2015. DSC08339 (1).JPG

Dionaea muscipula--ID. Private Garden at 637 Warm Springs. 10 Oct 2015. DSC08339 (1).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Dionaea muscipula--ID. Private Garden at 637 Warm Springs. 10 Oct 2015. DSC08339 (3).JPG

Dionaea muscipula--ID. Private Garden at 637 Warm Springs. 10 Oct 2015. DSC08339 (3).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

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Dionaea muscipula--ID. Private Garden at 637 Warm Springs. 10 Oct 2015. DSC08339 (2).JPG

Dionaea muscipula--ID. Private Garden at 637 Warm Springs. 10 Oct 2015. DSC08339 (2).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dionaea muscipula--ID. Private Garden at 637 Warm Springs. 10 Oct 2015. DSC08339 (6).JPG

Dionaea muscipula--ID. Private Garden at 637 Warm Springs. 10 Oct 2015. DSC08339 (6).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Dionaea muscipula--ID. Private Garden at 637 Warm Springs. 10 Oct 2015. DSC08339 (7).JPG

Dionaea muscipula--ID. Private Garden at 637 Warm Springs. 10 Oct 2015. DSC08339 (7).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to North Carolina, South Carolina; introduced into Alabama, California, Florida, Jamaica, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Not collected.

October 15, 2015

Location

United States, Idaho, Ada (Private garden on Warm Springs Ave.)

Location Remarks

Boise

Collectors

No collectors specified

Not collected.

October 10, 2015

Location

United States, Idaho, Ada (Private garden on Warm Springs Ave.)

Location Remarks

Boise

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Caryophyllales

Family

Droseraceae

Genus

Dionaea

Specific Epithet

muscipula

Authorship

Ellis

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Very high

ED 58.7

Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.

EDGE Research

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

5.3

Global rank

#3,015 of 335,497

Top 0.9%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →