Dionaea Muscipula

[Frogger]

I have done much research on CP's, particularly VFT's.
But in all of my research, I have not come accross any site that explains the meaning of the term DIONAEA MUSCIPULA.
I know that it is Latin, but why was it named this, and what does it translate to in English?

 

[Pyro]

I'm going to move this to the VFT forum and see if that helps it get more answers.

 

[Pyro]

Alright, from what I remember "Dionaea" derives from Diana which make no sense to me because Diana is actually the Greek goddess of the hunt, Aphrodite was the goddess of love. (Or am I mixing up my Greek and Roman mythology?)

I think I remember reading that, oddly enough, "muscipula" translated to 'trapper of flies' or 'fly catching'

 

[Dyflam]

This is what I found out... Diona is the mother of Venus, Muscipula translates to mouse trap. Sort of a connection...

 

[arie]

Go to the URL below and you find there a dictionary of CP names by Peter Cole
from it Dionaea = named after the Greek goddess Dione , mother of aphrodite
muscipula = mousetrap
http://www.flytrap.demon.co.uk/cpdict.htm
Arie

 

[Schoenburg]

It means a venus fly trap the scienticic name

 

[arie]

Venus fly trap is the common name
Dionaea Muscipula is the name in science
arie