英语词汇darlingtonia的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Darlingtonia. When an insect enters the pitcher-shaped leaves of the curious California pitcher plant, Darlingtonia, it is trapped by down-pointing hairs, which allow it to crawl in but not out. Then it is drowned in liquid from the leaves, and, according to some scientists, ultimately is eaten or digested by the plant. Not a particularly wholesome thing to have named after one, but the single specie’s scientific name honors William Darlington (1782–1863), an American botanist who wrote several biographies of famous botanists and published American Weeds and Useful Plants (1859). The naming was done by a fellow botanist, John Torrey, there being no record of bad feelings between the two men. Darlingtonia is some- times sold as Chrysamphora californica and is not the only in- sectivorous plant. These include the famous Venus’s flytrap, bladderwort, sundew, butterwort, and pitcher plants belong- ing to the genus Sarracenia, all varying in the ways they cap- ture their prey.

词汇	darlingtonia
词源	Darlingtonia. When an insect enters the pitcher-shaped leaves of the curious California pitcher plant, Darlingtonia, it is trapped by down-pointing hairs, which allow it to crawl in but not out. Then it is drowned in liquid from the leaves, and, according to some scientists, ultimately is eaten or digested by the plant. Not a particularly wholesome thing to have named after one, but the single specie’s scientific name honors William Darlington (1782–1863), an American botanist who wrote several biographies of famous botanists and published American Weeds and Useful Plants (1859). The naming was done by a fellow botanist, John Torrey, there being no record of bad feelings between the two men. Darlingtonia is some- times sold as Chrysamphora californica and is not the only in- sectivorous plant. These include the famous Venus’s flytrap, bladderwort, sundew, butterwort, and pitcher plants belong- ing to the genus Sarracenia, all varying in the ways they cap- ture their prey.
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