cuplike leaves. The leaf closes and traps the ant. Do you have enough information to classify this organism? Why or why not?
2007-03-26 12:10:38 · 4 answers · asked by Right here Right now 1 in Environment
Assuming that the description is correct and this organism has green leaves, then we can classify it in Kingdom Plantae. A good guess is that it's in Division Anthophyta, but that's not a sure thing based on the description. We don't know if the plant has seeds, cones, flowers, branching veins, ...
2007-03-26 12:31:27 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would say not. The only organism that uses leaves to trap organisms is the venus fly trap. I don't believe they live in rain forests, however.
2007-03-26 12:15:34 · answer #2 · answered by bravozulu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I were actually doing the observing, probably; but from this text description, I can narrow it down only as far as order --
Caryophyllales
It sounds from this description like a variety of sundew or fly-trap.
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"cuplike" sounds like a description of a pitcher plant, but pitcher plants don't close their leaves to trap insects.
2007-03-26 12:18:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of carnivorous plants. But I would say that it is a Nepenthe. Nepenthes live in tropical places with lots of humidity.
Hope that's right.
2007-03-26 12:24:01 · answer #4 · answered by A 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋