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Q. Choose the correct match Bladderwort, sundew, venus flytrap :-

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Bladderwort or Utricularia is a rootless free floating insectivorous plant. Its stem is green and bears green lobed or dissected leaves. Some lobes of the leaves become modified into bladder like structures for catching insects. Sundew or Drosera is another insectivorous plant which has leaves that are green and bear many glandular hairs or tentacles having shining droplets to attract the insects and later trap them. Venus fly trap or Dionea is also an insectivorous plant in which the leaf is modified into two jaw like structures. Each jaw has long sensitive hairs on its upper surface and also has many digestive enzymes. These jaws interlock to trap the insect that enters in it. Thus Utricularia, Drosera and Dionea are all insectivorous plants.