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Also Known As	Spermatophyta • phanerogam • spermatophyte • phaenogam

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plant: Class Polypodiopsida

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George Bentham, oil painting by Lewis Dickensen, 1870; in the collection of the Linnean Society of London

George Bentham

British botanist

Charles Chamberlain, 1925

Charles Joseph Chamberlain

American botanist

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

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