Glossopteris: Quick Facts

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Map depicting the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, with colored bands showing the overlapping geographic home ranges of four prehistoric species-Cynognathus, Lystrosaurus, Glossopteris, and Mesosaurus-extending across present-day South America, Africa, India, Antarctica, and Australia.

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Permian Period fossil seed fern Eospermatopteris Archaefructus Cycadeoidea Lepidodendron prefern Rhynie plant Cycadeoidophyta Cordaites Sigillaria Baragwanathia

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous