{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Lenz AK"],"funding":["Royal Society"],"pagination":["20220106"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9346345"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["18(8)"],"pubmed_abstract":["Carnivorous pitcher plants capture insects in cup-shaped leaves that function as motionless pitfall traps. <i>Nepenthes gracilis</i> evolved a unique 'springboard' trapping mechanism that exploits the impact energy of falling raindrops to actuate a fast pivoting motion of the canopy-like pitcher lid. We superimposed multiple computed micro-tomography images of the same pitcher to reveal distinct deformation patterns in lid-trapping <i>N. gracilis</i> and closely related pitfall-trapping <i>N. rafflesiana</i>. We found prominent differences between downward and upward lid displacement in <i>N. gracilis</i> only. Downward displacement was characterized by bending in two distinct deformation zones whist upward displacement was accomplished by evenly distributed straightening of the entire upp"],"journal":["Biology letters"],"pubmed_title":["Pitcher geometry facilitates extrinsically powered 'springboard trapping' in carnivorous <i>Nepenthes gracilis</i> pitcher plants."],"pmcid":["PMC9346345"],"funding_grant_id":["University Research Fellowship (UF150138)","Enhancement Award (RGF/EA/180059)"],"pubmed_authors":["Bauer U","Lenz AK"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Pitcher geometry facilitates extrinsically powered 'springboard trapping' in carnivorous <i>Nepenthes gracilis</i> pitcher plants.","description":"Carnivorous pitcher plants capture insects in cup-shaped leaves that function as motionless pitfall traps. <i>Nepenthes gracilis</i> evolved a unique 'springboard' trapping mechanism that exploits the impact energy of falling raindrops to actuate a fast pivoting motion of the canopy-like pitcher lid. We superimposed multiple computed micro-tomography images of the same pitcher to reveal distinct deformation patterns in lid-trapping <i>N. gracilis</i> and closely related pitfall-trapping <i>N. rafflesiana</i>. We found prominent differences between downward and upward lid displacement in <i>N. gracilis</i> only. Downward displacement was characterized by bending in two distinct deformation zones whist upward displacement was accomplished by evenly distributed straightening of the entire upp","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Aug","modification":"2025-05-29T19:47:27.98Z","creation":"2025-05-29T19:47:27.98Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9346345","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35920027"],"doi":["10.1098/rsbl.2022.0106"]}}