Questão 25 - UEFS Caderno 1 2016/1

TEXTO:

[1]   A new species of giant carnivorous plant has been

discovered in eastern Minas Gerais. It is the largest of

its kind ever discovered in the Americas. The novelty also

applies to the way it has been found: by means of a

[5] photo published on Facebook.

  Reginaldo Vasconcelos, an orchid grower and

enthusiast of native flora, took a photo of the plant during

his wanderings in the mountains near his hometown of

Governador Valadares (MG). Specialists in carnivorous

[10] plants, Paulo Gonella and Fernando Rivadavia saw the

publication on Facebook, identified it as a new species

and made an expedition to study it.

  The article that reported the discovery was published

in the renowned scientific journal “Phytotaxa” by a group

[15] of botanists from Brazil, United States and Germany. “It

is the first plant to be discovered on Facebook,” says

Andreas Fleischmann, of the Botanical Garden of Munich

(Germany), one of the authors.

  Known as “sundew” (sundew genus, droseraceae

[20] family), the now named Drosera Magnifica is almost one

five feet long. It produces long, slender leaves, covered

with glands or “tentacles”, which secrete droplets of a

viscous and sticky mucilage.

  These red and glittering tentacles are visually

[25] attractive, and represent a death trap especially for small

flying insects. The sundew genus is the largest group of

carnivorous plants, with about 250 species distributed

throughout the world, mainly in tropical areas of Australia,

South Africa and Brazil.

[30]   Facebook has become one of the most important

tools for the discovery of new species, according to the

authors of the article. One group, DetWeb, brings together

over 5,000 botanists and enthusiasts from Brazil.

By Cláudia Collucci Translated by Cristiane Costa Lima. Disponível em: <www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/science andhealth/2015/07/ 1662281-biologists-discover-new-species-of-giant-c arnivorousplant. shtml>. Acesso em:

It’s stated in the text that species that belong to the sundew genus