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Aldrovanda
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Etymology
Named Aldrovandia in 1747 by Gaetano Monti, in honor of Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi. Linnaeus misspelled the name as Aldrovanda in 1753.Peter D'Amato, The Savage Garden, Revised: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants, Ten Speed Press (2013, 9781607744115), page 337
Proper noun
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genus family Droseraceae the waterwheel plant, and various extinct carnivorous plants
References
mul Caryophyllales order plants