<P> Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients (but not energy) from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods . Carnivorous plants have adapted to grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients, especially nitrogen, such as acidic bogs and rock outcroppings . Charles Darwin wrote Insectivorous Plants, the first well - known treatise on carnivorous plants, in 1875 . </P> <P> True carnivory is thought to have evolved independently nine times in five different orders of flowering plants, and is represented by more than a dozen genera . This classification includes at least 583 species that attract, trap and kill prey, absorbing the resulting available nutrients . Additionally, over 300 protocarnivorous plant species in several genera show some but not all of these characteristics . </P>

How do carnivorous plants obtain the minerals they need
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