Journal
FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 10, Pages 952-961Publisher
CSIRO PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1071/FP10061
Keywords
insect attachment; pitcher trap; surface microstructure
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- Akademie der Wissenschaften und Literatur Mainz
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Plant surfaces that are slippery for insects have evolved independently several times in the plant kingdom, mainly in the groups of carnivorous plants and kettle trap flowers. The surface morphologies of 53 species from both groups were investigated by scanning electron microscopy. It was found that the surfaces possess highly diverse topographical structures. We present a classification of 12 types of anti-adhesive surfaces, in regard to the assembly and hierarchy of their structural elements. The observed structural elements are different combinations of epidermal cell curvatures with cuticular folds or 3D epicuticular wax crystals and idioblastic elements.
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