Carnivorous plant: References & Edit History

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Article title updated for style. Nov 14, 2026
Modified link of Web site: Royal Horticultural Society - How to grow carnivorous plants. Oct 01, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Blueprint for Living - The deadly world of carnivorous plants. Mar 25, 2026
Add new Web site: University of California - eScholarship - Why are Carnivorous Plants the “Most Wonderful Plants in the World”? (PDF). Feb 14, 2026
Add new Web site: Penn State Extension - Carnivorous Plants. Mar 02, 2025
Add new Web site: Cell Press - Current Biology - Carnivorous plants. Jan 02, 2025
Add new Web site: National Centre for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The digestive systems of carnivorous plants. Aug 30, 2024
Added a cross-reference to butterwort and revised species count. Jun 11, 2024
Added an image of butterworts. May 14, 2024
Add new Web site: PNAS - New evidence on the origin of carnivorous plants. Apr 25, 2024
Add new Web site: State of New Jersey - Pinelands Commission - Carnivorous plants. Mar 15, 2024
Media added. Feb 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Royal Horticultural Society - How to grow carnivorous plants. Dec 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Functional Biology of Carnivorous Plants (PDF). Sep 12, 2023
Add new Web site: International Carnivorous Plant Society - About Carnivorous Plants. Jul 05, 2023
Add new Web site: Natural History Museum - Carnivorous plants: the meat-eaters of the plant world. Feb 25, 2023
Media added. Jul 09, 2021
Expanded to include descriptions of the various trapping mechanisms and all of the major carnivorous plant families. Jan 19, 2015
Add new Web site: National Geographic Kids - Meat-Eating Plants. Jun 02, 2014
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Carnivorous Plant. Feb 12, 2013
Add new Web site: Botanical Society of America - Carnivorous Plants / Insectivorous Plants. Aug 08, 2010
Article revised and updated. Jun 27, 2008
Added new Web site: BugBitingPlants.com - Carnivorous Plant Care. Apr 24, 2008
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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