Bikram Pradhan, Anhita Dash, Shakti Prasad Mishra, Manaswini Jena and Samarendra Narayan Mallick
Abstract
Carnivorous plants are wonder of nature which provides a wide aspect of research areas that can help to unlock evolutionary secrets. Around 860 unique species of flesh-eating plants are reported worldwide out of which 5 genera belong to 3 families of carnivorous plants are recorded in India. These plants are seen in areas with abnormal natural conditions and low nutrient supply. But in the modern technological era, due to human activities like urbanization, these plants are on the way to extinction. From the study, it was observed that large number of construction activities in study site urban areas like Bhubaneswar smart city can greatly alter abiotic and biotic components of the native ecosystem. The carnivorus plants play an important role as ecological indicator. Construction of large scale infrastructure in the name of urbanization causes reduction in indigenous species and terrestrial insect diversity which alternately promoting the proliferation of exotic species (BCA- 0.466; ACA- 0.483) and threat to carnivorous plant diversity.