CoverA snap trap of the Venus's flytrap, Dionaea muscipula Ellis ex L. (Droseraceae), native in North America forms a sister group with widely distributed aquatic snap trap species Aldrovanda vesiculosa L. See Rivadavia et al.: Phylogeny of the sundews, Drosera (Droseraceae), based on chloroplast rbcL and nuclear 18S ribosomal DNA sequences, pp. 123-130 in this issue. Photo credit: Mitsuyasu Hasebe.
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