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Nature 420, 753 (19 December 2002) | doi:10.1038/420753a

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Plant science: On the slide

Christopher Surridge

The pitcher plant Nepenthes alata, which inhabits the forests of Indonesia, has one of the most dramatic organs of any carnivorous plant, as the picture here attests. In this month's New Phytologist (156, 479–489; 2002), Laurence Gaume and colleagues describe their investigations of the features that make this vessel so efficient at trapping insects.