recent molecular data (particularly the production of plumbagin) indicate that the remaining flypaper, "triphyophyllum peltatum", a member of the dioncophyllaceae, is closely related to "drosophyllum" and forms part of a larger clade of carnivorous and non-carnivorous plants with the droseraceae, nepenthaceae, ancistrocladaceae and plumbaginaceae. this plant is usually encountered as a liana, but in its juvenile phase, the plant is carnivorous. this may be related to a requirement for specific nutrients for flowering.