Toxic Dionaea and bird dispersal

From: Barry Meyers-Rice (bamrice@ucdavis.edu)
Date: Tue Jul 18 2000 - 08:32:09 PDT


Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 08:32:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Barry Meyers-Rice <bamrice@ucdavis.edu>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg2155$foo@default>
Subject: Toxic Dionaea and bird dispersal

Hey Folks

Interesting threads on the listserve!

Toxic Dionaea:
Jan, your quoted concentrations of toxins in Dionaea are quite low. This
is interesting to me because I was wondering about the toxin levels in
"Carnivora", which is an "extract" of Dionaea that some people sell. I
don't know if the plumbagin survives the extraction process, or if it is
more concentrated in the extract.

Bird Dispersal:
Don't forget that some Utricularia produce tiny tubers: U. inflata, for
example.

Barry

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Dr. Barry A. Meyers-Rice
Carnivorous Plant Newsletter
Conservation Coeditor
barry@carnivorousplants.org
http://www.carnivorousplants.org



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