Talk:Rapid plant movement

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One non-logged-in user added "mistletoe" as a plant exibiting rapid movement. I can't confirm this. Anyone have a source?

Side note: I'm not convinced this list is complete. Also need a good definition of "Rapid Plant Movement". I'm partial to something like "movement that can be clearly seen, normally taking a fraction of a second to complete".

Mr.Logic 20:10, Mar 15, 2005 (UTC)

I dwarf mistletoe does for sure, see the eastern dwarf mistletoe articleWasp32 (talk) 19:27, 23 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Saw a random post on the Internet regarding the "partridge pea" (Chamaecrist fascicelata), which is supposed to have leaves that fold. Can anyone confirm? Mr.Logic

I added the White Mulberry to the list of Plants that spread seeds or pollen by rapid movement. See http://www.springerlink.com/link.asp?id=75144776908t3624 for a peer reviewed article confirming this.131.111.8.97 16:18, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Expansion

I read the introduction to this page and was looking forward to more detail such as the mechanism involved in plant movement (equivalent to muscles in animals) only to find the rest of the article was a mere list of examples. It needs serious expansion. As it is now it's no more than a definition. Also I'm not sure that a mention of Charles Darwin's book should be there, as it deals with tropism and might not even deal with rapid movement.--Jeff79 (talk) 09:06, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I whole-heartedly agree with Jeff, this would be a much more useful article with a discussion on the mechanism which causes this movement. that is what I was hoping to learn from this article. Alas, no such information is given.--128.196.191.98 (talk) 04:21, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mechanisms are far from fully understood— this may be why we don't have much on it. Mac Davis (talk) 00:42, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reading the links there is more than one type of mechanism involved, thus the lack of detail. Telecine Guy (talk) 03:44, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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The introduction is very well done and "attention-grabbing" with the quick facts about extreme plant movements. However, I think the whole article could benefit from a physiological summary of this behavior. How is it possible for plants to move so rapidly? There must be some researchers who have delved into the topic. My guess is that calcium is, in some way, involved.

Something that could also be discussed is the evolutionary advantage of this behavior. Why did these behaviors evolve? For example, what is the evolutionary benefit to the white mulberry tree shooting pollen out at half the speed of sound? There might be a research paper or review article which has written about this. Jcwikman (talk) 16:16, 21 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]