How Did Venus Fly Traps Get Their Name?
How Did Venus Fly Traps Get Their Name? Etymology. The plant’s common name refers to Venus, the Roman goddess of love. The genus name, Dionaea (“daughter of Dione”), refers to the Greek goddess Aphrodite, while the species name, muscipula, is Latin for both “mousetrap” and “flytrap”. Why are Venus flytraps illegal? The North Carolina Plant