Question

Botanical name of Venus flytrap is
A) Aldrovanda
B) Dionaea
C) Utricularia
D) Nepenthes

Answer 1

Hint:Botanical name is the scientific name that is conforming to the International Code of Nomenclature and the secret to discovering all that is known about the plant and its cultivation is the botanical name.

Complete answer
To answer this question, we have to talk about the Venus flytrap plant. Dionaea muscipula is the botanical name of Venus's flytrap. It is a perennial carnivorous plant of the sundew family (Droseraceae), noted for its peculiar nature of capturing and absorbing insects and other small animals (very easily shut down). It has a set of hinged lobes, or jaws, edged with spines at the end of each leaf. The jaws fold together and capture it when an insect or other tiny animal alights on a lobe. "The traps of the plant are only "set" when the sun shines. In regular daytime temperatures, the lobes snap shut in around half a second when these hairs are activated by an insect or by some other means.

The spines interlock around the edges to hold the prisoner easily, and the glands on the top of the lobes secrete an acidic fluid that digests the body of the insect and takes the nitrogen away. For digestion, about ten days are needed, and then the leaf reopens. In its lifespan, a leaf seldom catches more than three insects.

This plant is native to a small region of Eastern North and South Carolina, where it is common in damp mossy areas.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B) i.e, Dionaea.

Note:Nepenthes is a botanical name of pitcher plant. Utricularia is a botanical name of bladderwort. Aldrovanda is the botanical name of a waterwheel plant.