Oxidative protein modification is likely to be a pre-digestive mechanism used by "Dionaea muscipula". Each pair so resembles a trapleaf of the carnivorous Venus flytrap "Dionaea muscipula". Ellis also gave it the scientific name of "Dionaea muscipula". The Venus flytrap ("Dionaea muscipula") is a carnivorous plant. "Dionaea muscipula" 'Bohemian Garnet' is a cultivar of "Dionaea muscipula", the Venus flytrap. The State of North Carolina lists "Dionaea muscipula" as a species of "Special Concern- Vulnerable".