Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Curr Biol. 2023 Jun 5;33(11):R497-R500. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.01.053.
Carnivorous plants often spark broad interest due to their specialized adaptations for trapping and consuming animals. These notable organisms not only fix carbon through photosynthesis, but they also obtain essential nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphate from their captured prey. In typical angiosperms, interactions with animals are usually confined to such processes as pollination and herbivory, but another layer of complexity in these interactions is added for carnivorous plants. Here, we introduce carnivorous plants and their associated organisms - ranging from their prey to their symbionts - and highlight biotic interactions beyond carnivory to discuss how the 'default' interactions typical for flowering plants have changed in the case of the carnivorous plants (Figure 1).
食虫植物通常因其专门用于捕捉和消耗动物的适应性而引起广泛关注。这些引人注目的生物不仅通过光合作用固定碳，还从捕获的猎物中获取氮和磷等必需营养物质。在典型的被子植物中，与动物的相互作用通常仅限于传粉和食草等过程，但对于食虫植物来说，这些相互作用又增加了另一层复杂性。在这里，我们介绍了食虫植物及其相关生物——从它们的猎物到它们的共生体——并强调了食虫植物之外的生物相互作用，以讨论在食虫植物的情况下，典型的开花植物的“默认”相互作用是如何改变的（图 1）。
