Utricularia uliginosa

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Utricularia uliginosa
Utricularia uliginosa flower.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Utricularia
Subgenus: Utricularia subg. Bivalvaria
Section: Utricularia sect. Oligocista
Species:
U. uliginosa
Binomial name
Utricularia uliginosa
Vahl

Utricularia uliginosa, the Asian bladderwort,[1] is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to Southeast Asia (Borneo, Burma, Cambodia,[2] China, India, Japan, Java, Korea, Peninsular Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam), Oceania (Guam, New Caledonia, New Guinea, and Palau), and Australia (New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia). U. uliginosa grows as a terrestrial or subaquatic plant in seasonally flooded shallow pools with sandy soils or on banks and among rocky stream beds at low altitudes. It was originally described by Martin Vahl in 1804.[3]

Synonyms[]

  • U. affinis Wight
  • U. affinis var. griffithii (Wight) Oliv. ex C.B.Clarke
  • U. brachypoda Wight
  • [U. caerulea Benth.]
  • U. caerulea var. affinis (Wight) Thwaites
  • U. cyanea R.Br.
  • U. decipiens Dalzell
  • U. elachista Goebel
  • [U. graminifolia R.Br.]
  • U. graminifolia Banks & Sol. ex Oliv.
  • U. griffithii Wight
  • U. intricata Griffith ex Oliv.
  • U. lilacina Griffith
  • U. macrophylla Masam. &
  • U. nayarii
  • [U. reticulata var. stricticaulis Koenig ex Oliv.]
  • U. reticulata var. uliginosa (Vahl) C.B.Clarke
  • U. yakusimensis Masam.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Utricularia uliginosa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. ^ Mey, F.S. (2011). The beautiful Utricularia uliginosa. Strange Fruits: A Garden's Chronicle, September 8, 2011.
  3. ^ Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.


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