Utricularia purpurea
Utricularia purpurea | |
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Utricularia purpurea Walter - eastern purple bladderwort | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lentibulariaceae |
Genus: | Utricularia |
Subgenus: | Utricularia subg. Utricularia |
Section: | Utricularia sect. Vesiculina |
Species: | U. purpurea
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Utricularia purpurea | |
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Utricularia purpurea, the eastern purple bladderwort,[1] is a medium-sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. purpurea is endemic to North and Central America.[2] It has been suggested that U. purpurea may have partially lost its appetite for carnivory. Richards (2001) did an extensive study in the field on it and noted that trapping rates of the usual Utricularia prey were significantly lower than in other species in the genus. Richards concludes that this species can still trap and digest arthropod prey in its specialized bladder traps, but does so sparingly. Instead, it harbors a community of algae, zooplankton, and debris in the bladders that indicates U. purpurea favors a mutualistic interaction in place of a predator–prey relationship.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Utricularia purpurea". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
- ^ Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.
- ^ Richards, J.H. (2001) Bladder function in Utricularia purpurea (Lentibulariaceae): Is carnivory important? American Journal of Botany, 88(1): 170–176. doi:10.2307/2657137
- Carnivorous plants of Central America
- Carnivorous plants of North America
- Flora of Eastern Canada
- Flora of the Great Lakes region (North America)
- Flora of the Eastern United States
- Flora of Texas
- Flora of Belize
- Flora of Costa Rica
- Flora of Cuba
- Flora of the Bahamas
- Utricularia
- Lentibulariaceae stubs