Scientists from the University of Curtin found a new kind of wild tobacco in Australia. This is reported in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine magazine.
Plant produces a sticky substance for capturing and destroying insects. It was studied by the international group of researchers from Curtin, the Royal Botanical Garden (RBG) Kew and the University of Vienna.
“We were amazed when we found new species on such fruitless land for science, including the appearance called by Nicotania Insecticida, all the surfaces of which are covered with sticky glands, helping the plant and kill small insects, such as midges, hoarse and Muhi, “said the author of the research Professor Mark Chase.
According to co-author of the study of Dr. Maarten Kristenhuz, arid areas of Australia were considered almost fruitless with a very limited set of plants.
Previously, US scientists and Canada discovered a completely new type of predatory plants, which is characterized by a unique structure of traps. The Triantha Occidentalis flower grows in North America mountain swamps on the west coast and is an independent line of predatory plants.