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Family tree of carnivorous plants

Has anybody done extensive research into the evolutionary history of carnivorous plants? That is, have fossilized carnivores (or plants believed to be carnivorous) been found? Have family trees (like that of homo sapiens) been mapped out with reasonable detail? What is the oldest known record of carnivorous plants being studied by the scientific community?

I have started wondering about this as of late. Anybody have any leads for me?
 
Thanks. This is EXACTLY what I'm looking for.
 
Funny you bring this up now. I'm looking into applying for graduate school for biological illustration, and one of my many ideas to build my portfolio was mapping the families/complexes of Nepenthes and possibly looking into how geography affected their evolution.
 
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