VENUS'S FLYTRAP OBSERVATIONS BY SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

Abstract

Observations of the digestive glands, trigger hairs, epidermal surface, nectar glands, touch receptors, and stomata of Dionaea muscipula , the Venus's flytrap, were carried out by means of scanning electron microscopy. Previously undescribed details of the surface topography were resolved which may correlate with certain functions of the plant.