The plant family that contains all sundew and related carnivorous plants.
Taxonomic Latin name formed from the genus Drosera plus the standard family suffix '-aceae,' following Linnaean classification.
This single family of plants represents millions of years of evolutionary experimentation in meat-eating—about 200 species worldwide, each with slightly different trapping mechanisms, making it one of nature's most innovative plant groups!
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