Aldrovanda

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

Named Aldrovandia in 1747 by Gaetano Monti, in honor of Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi. Linnaeus misspelled the name as Aldrovanda in 1753.[1]

Proper noun

Aldrovanda f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Droseraceae – the waterwheel plant, and various extinct carnivorous plants.

References
  1. Peter D'Amato, The Savage Garden, Revised: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants, Ten Speed Press (2013, →ISBN), page 337
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