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what is heterotrophic plants​

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Answered by ankitpatle0
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  • Carnivorous plants obtain part or all of their nutrition by catching and eating animals or protozoans, most commonly insects and other arthropods.
  • Photosynthesis, on the other hand, is how carnivorous plants get their energy.
  • Carnivorous plants have evolved to thrive in nutrient-depleted soils, particularly acidic bogs.
  • Insectivorous Plants, the first well recognized book on carnivorous plants, was published in 1875 by Charles Darwin.
  • Carnivorous plants may be found on every continent except Antarctica, as well as on a number of Pacific islands.
  • True carnivory is considered to have developed nine times in five distinct orders of flowering plants, with over a dozen taxa representing it.
  • At least 583 species are included in this categorization, which attract, capture, and kill prey while consuming the nutrients released.
  • Since the year 2000, the number of species has grown at a rate of about 3 each year. Additionally,
Answered by presentmoment
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Heterotrophic plants are the ones which cannot synthesis its own food. Plants usually make their own food through a process known as photosynthesis.

Explanation:

Plants are capable of making their own food through a process known as photosynthesis. Heterotrophic plants are the ones which cannot synthesis its own food. They fully or partially depend on other living organisms for their nutrition.

Heterotrophs are classified into:

  • Symbiotic plants
  • Parasitic plants
  • Carnivorous plants

  • Symbiotic plants

These plants take nutrition from other organisms for something in return. Both the organism involved are benefitted through this type of a relation, know as Symbiosis (both species help each other survive).

Examples:  Lichens, Chlorophyllous algae, Mycorrhizae (the fungus present on plant roots helping in nitrogen fixation).

  • Parasitic plants

These plants depend on a host organism for its nutrition. Some of the plants like Dodder have chloroplast and can synthesis food but as they lack roots they depend on host plants to suck out sap for photosynthesis. Sap derived is used as an alternative for water and nutrients from soil.

Examples: Dodder, Mistletoe, etc.

  • Carnivorous plants

Though these plants are capable of producing food through photosynthesis, they derived additional nutrition from the insects or animals that are captured by the plants. The nutrition derived helps the plant survive marsh, acidic and nitrogen deficit conditions. Carnivorous plants have varied   mechanism to entrap the prey and digest them slowly with the digestive juices. The most common ways of capturing prey is assimilation (where a prey is trapped in a sac and digested slowly) and hinge trap (its like a trap door that closes when a prey sits  on it).

Examples: Assimilative plants - Sundew

Hinge trap - Venus fly trap, Pitcher trap

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