What is Droseraceae?
{{Taxobox | name = Droseraceae | fossil_range = [[Upper Cretaceous]] – Recent | image = Dionaea_muscipula03.jpg | image_width = 230px | image_caption = [[Venus flytrap]] | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | unranked_divisio = [[Flowering plant|Angiosperms]] | unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] | unranked_ordo = Core eudicots | ordo = [[Caryophyllales]] | familia = '''Droseraceae''' | familia_authority = [[Richard Anthony Salisbury|Salisb.]] | subdivision_ranks = [[Genus|Genera]] | subdivision = ''[[Aldrovanda]]''<br> ''[[Dionaea]]''<br> ''[[Drosera]]'' }} '''Droseraceae''' is a family of [[flowering plant]]s. The family is also known under its common name, the sundew family. It consists of [[carnivorous plant]]s: besides the [[sundew]]s, the genus ''[[Drosera]]'', it also contains the even more famous [[Venus flytrap]] (''Dionaea muscipula''). The sundews produce sticky substances on their leaves that traps prey, and the Venus fly trap has leaves that form traps that close when disturbed. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Caryophyllales]] [[Category:Carnivorous plants]] [[Category:Plant families]]