Diversity, Ethnopharmacological Potential and Ecological significance of Drosera species: A carnivorous genus of India
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https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2025/v151i9/170355Keywords:
Carnivorous, Ecological association, Future medicine, Sundews.Abstract
Drosera is a genus of the group of carnivorous plants. Three Drosera species are reported from India. Very few reports are available on them and scientific readers are always curious to it now about their ecological significance. Keeping this in view, an attempt has been made to document their ecological and medicinal aspects through field and literature survey and presented in this research note. Conservation strategies and future research plan is also discussed.
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