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IELTS Practice Reading: Note/Summary Completion Diagram ID: #56524 Hard Nepenthes
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The given diagram shows the structure of the body of the Nepenthes. Nepenthes is a family of carnivorous plants in the monotypic genus Nepenthaceae, popularly known as tropical pitcher plants or monkey cups. There are over 170 species in the genus, as well as numerous natural and produced hybrids. Nepenthes species normally consist of a deep root system and a prostrate or climbing stem, sometimes several metres long and up to 15 m (49 ft) or more, and usually 1 cm (0.4 in) or less in diameter, even if it might be thicker in a few species. At the top of the sword-shaped leaves, the part which is outer from that section in the left side is a filiform appendage.

The glands in the lower half of the trap absorb nutrients from the caught prey. A sticky, waxy covering runs along the upper inner half of the trap, making an escape by the prey practically difficult. The peristome is a structure that surrounds the trap's entrance. A lid sits on top of the peristome (the operculum). The peristome is separated by the sections called ribs. And the minute portion next to a lid is a glandular crest. In the right of the sword-shaped leaf is a spur that is below a lid. A protrusion of the midrib (the tendril), which aids in climbing in some species, protrudes from the tip of the leaf; the pitcher forms at the end of the tendril. The pitcher starts as a tiny bud and eventually grows to produce a globe- or tube-shaped trap. The wings and pitcher cup are in the tube-shaped trap section. 


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