Dionaea muscipula 733 claims

species · family Droseraceae · green plant · NCBI Taxonomy ↗

Common name: Venus flytrap — Also written in claims: Venus flytrap · Venus fly-trap · VENUS FLYTRAP PLANTS · Venus flytrap plant · Venus flytraps · Venus fly traps

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Dionaea muscipula
Dionaea muscipulaLen Worthington · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Increasing angular velocity of trap closure was correlated with higher values of a non-dimensional shape index in Venus flytrap.

Taxon
Dionaea muscipulaDionaea muscipulae0
Treatment
angular velocitye1
Outcome
non-dimensional shape indexe1
Direction
highere1

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e0

“Among carnivorous plants, the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is known for its rapid (<1 s) trap closure”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–106
e1

“increasing angular velocity was correlated with higher values of a non-dimensional shape index”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 441–535

Title

Size–curvature constraint in the closing motion of Venus flytrap leaves

Michiko Hirata; Zichen Kang; Hiroki Asakawa; et al. PLoS ONE 2026. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0349246

Other claims from this paper (1)
Associationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Leaf curvature of the Venus flytrap depends on leaf size (size-curvature constraint).

Taxon
Dionaea muscipulaDionaea muscipulae0
Treatment
leaf sizee2
Outcome
leaf curvaturee2

Not reportedDirection

Verbatim

e0

“Among carnivorous plants, the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is known for its rapid (<1 s) trap closure”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 0–106
e2

“We found that leaf curvature is dependent on leaf size, a relationship we denote as a size-curvature constraint”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 658–769

Title

Size–curvature constraint in the closing motion of Venus flytrap leaves

Michiko Hirata; Zichen Kang; Hiroki Asakawa; et al. PLoS ONE 2026. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0349246

Other claims from this paper (1)
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Cell location in the gland head determines the presence of cell wall epitopes.

Taxon
Venus flytrapDionaea muscipulae2
Organ / stage
gland heade1
Outcome
composition of their cell wallse0

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e0

“Their location determines the composition of their cell walls in terms of the presence of various epitopes.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 688–795
e1

“cells within the gland head are not equal”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 645–686
e2

“Venus flytrap”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 23–36

Title

Immunocytochemical Analysis of the Wall Ingrowths and Cell Wall Microdomains in the Digestive Glands of Venus’ Flytrap

Bartosz J. Płachno; Małgorzata Kapusta; Marcin Feldo; et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2026. doi:10.3390/ijms27031193

Other claims from this paper (4)
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Outer layer secretory cell walls were deficient in epitopes recognized by JIM5, CCRC-M38, LM5, and CCRC-M48 compared with inner layer walls.

Taxon
Venus flytrapDionaea muscipulae1
Organ / stage
secretory cells in the outer layere0
Outcome
epitopes recognized by antibodiese0
Direction
deficiente0
Comparator
cells in the inner layere0

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e0

“The cell walls of the secretory cells in the outer layer were deficient in epitopes recognized by antibodies, including JIM5 (low methylesterified homogalacturonans), CCRC-M38 (low methylesterified homogalacturonans), LM5 (galactan), and CCRC-M48 (xyloglucan), which contrasted with the cell walls of the cells in the inner layer.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 796–1126
e1

“Venus flytrap”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 23–36

Title

Immunocytochemical Analysis of the Wall Ingrowths and Cell Wall Microdomains in the Digestive Glands of Venus’ Flytrap

Bartosz J. Płachno; Małgorzata Kapusta; Marcin Feldo; et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2026. doi:10.3390/ijms27031193

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Cell wall ingrowths form microdomains in the occurrence of pectic homogalacturonans.

Taxon
Venus flytrapDionaea muscipulae1
Organ / stage
cell wall ingrowthse0
Outcome
cell wall ingrowths constitute cell wall microdomainse0

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e0

“In terms of the occurrence of pectic homogalacturonans, cell wall ingrowths constitute cell wall microdomains.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1127–1237
e1

“Venus flytrap”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 23–36

Title

Immunocytochemical Analysis of the Wall Ingrowths and Cell Wall Microdomains in the Digestive Glands of Venus’ Flytrap

Bartosz J. Płachno; Małgorzata Kapusta; Marcin Feldo; et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2026. doi:10.3390/ijms27031193

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Dionaea digestive glands exhibit distinct distributions of pectins, hemicelluloses, and arabinogalactan proteins across glandular layers.

Taxon
Dionaea muscipulaDionaea muscipulae0
Organ / stage
digestive glandse0
Outcome
distinct distributions of pectins, hemicelluloses, and arabinogalactan proteinse0

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e0

“The digestive glands of Dionaea muscipula exhibit pronounced cell wall microdomain organization, with distinct distributions of pectins, hemicelluloses, and arabinogalactan proteins across different glandular layers.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1238–1454

Title

Immunocytochemical Analysis of the Wall Ingrowths and Cell Wall Microdomains in the Digestive Glands of Venus’ Flytrap

Bartosz J. Płachno; Małgorzata Kapusta; Marcin Feldo; et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2026. doi:10.3390/ijms27031193

Other claims from this paper (4)
Mechanismauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The authors interpret gland wall composition differences as reflecting specialization in secretion, absorption, and support.

Taxon
Dionaea muscipulaDionaea muscipulae1
Outcome
functional specialization in secretion, absorption, and structural supporte0
Qualifier
compositional differencese0

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e0

“These compositional differences reflect functional specialization in secretion, absorption, and structural support.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1455–1570
e1

“Dionaea muscipula”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1262–1279

Title

Immunocytochemical Analysis of the Wall Ingrowths and Cell Wall Microdomains in the Digestive Glands of Venus’ Flytrap

Bartosz J. Płachno; Małgorzata Kapusta; Marcin Feldo; et al. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2026. doi:10.3390/ijms27031193

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Applied glutathione induced closure of Venus flytrap snap traps.

Taxon
Venus flytrapDionaea muscipulae0
Organ / stage
snap trapse0
Treatment
application of GSHe0
Outcome
trap closuree0
Direction
inducee0

Not reportedComparator

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e0

“application of GSH is sufficient to induce trap closure across the Droseraceae family, including both the snap traps of Venus flytrap and the adhesive traps of sundew species.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 691–866

Title

Glutathione induces trap closure for carnivory in Cape sundew

Rui Li; Yongfang Yang; Weicheng Wang; et al. Science Advances 2026. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adz2809

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Trap closure was too fast for a water-transport explanation.

Taxon
Venus flytrapDionaea muscipulat0
Outcome
Closuree0
Direction
too quicklye0

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e0

“Closure occurs too quickly to be explained by water transport”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 336–397
t0

“Venus flytrap”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 32–45

Title

Fast cell wall softening causes Venus flytrap closure

Jeongeun Ryu; Mathieu Colombani; Corentin Mollier; et al. Science 2026. doi:10.1126/science.aed5051

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Mechanismobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Epidermal cell walls softened in about one second, releasing stored elastic energy.

Taxon
Venus flytrapDionaea muscipulat0
Organ / stage
epidermal cell walle0
Outcome
softening of the epidermal cell walle0
Value
about one seconde0
Qualifier
releasing elastic energy stored in the trape0

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e0

“a rapid (about one second) softening of the epidermal cell wall, releasing elastic energy stored in the trap.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 445–554
t0

“Venus flytrap”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 32–45

Title

Fast cell wall softening causes Venus flytrap closure

Jeongeun Ryu; Mathieu Colombani; Corentin Mollier; et al. Science 2026. doi:10.1126/science.aed5051

Other claims from this paper (2)