Is stranger than that. Would be the only carnivoronus monocot known by now, (the only that I'm aware at least), so from an evolutionary point of view is a total

Is stranger than that. Would be the only carnivoronus monocot known by now, (the only that I'm aware at least), so from an evolutionary point of view is a totally new type of creature. Would be like finding a monkey with wings. Evolving to a partially carnivorous diet in plants is a very rare event even among dicots. Only a few lamiales can do that. So I would say that I'm a little skeptical, but hopeful. The deletion in the genome could have other parallel causes also (adaptation to the same very acid soils were carnivorous plants live would be my first candidate). Very interesting idea in any case.