Utricularia caerulea
| Utricularia caerulea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| (unranked): | Angiosperms | 
| (unranked): | Eudicots | 
| (unranked): | Asterids | 
| Order: | Lamiales | 
| Family: | Lentibulariaceae | 
| Genus: | Utricularia | 
| Subgenus: | Bivalvaria | 
| Section: | Nigrescentes | 
| Species: | U. caerulea | 
| Binomial name | |
|  Utricularia caerulea L.  | |
Utricularia caerulea, the blue bladderwort,[1] is a very small to medium-sized carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. caerulea spans a wide native range, including areas in tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia. It grows as a terrestrial plant in wet, shallow soils over rock, in wet grasslands, in swamps, or near streams in open communities, mostly at lower altitudes but ascending to as much as 2,100 m (6,890 ft). It was originally described and published by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.[2]
Synonyms
U. caerulea spans a wide distribution and is a very variable species, leading to a great deal of synonymy.[2]
- Calpidisca takenakai Nakai
 - Pelidnia caerulea (L.) Barnhart
 - Utricularia albiflora Griff.
 - U. albina Ridl.
 - U. baueri Benth.
 - U. bifida Macrae ex A.DC.
 - U. caerulea var. filicaulis (Wall. ex A.DC.) Haines
 - U. campestris Miq. ex C.B.Clarke
 - U. capillaris D.Don
 - U. cavalerii Stapf
 - U. charnleyensis W.Fitzg.
 - U. complanata Wall.
 - U. filicaulis Wall.
 - U. filicaulis var. papillosa Pellegr.
 - U. kerrii Craib
 - U. nivea Vahl
 - U. nivea var. rosea (Edgew.) Trimen
 - U. obscura R.Br. ex Benth.
 - U. obtusiloba Benj.
 - U. ophirensis Ridl.
 - U. paucifolia Benj.
 - U. purpurea Willd. ex Benj.
 - U. racemosa Wall.
 - U. racemosa var. filicaulis (Wall. ex A.DC.) C.B.Clarke
 - U. racemosa var. rosea (Edgew.) Thwaites
 - U. ramosa Vahl
 - U. rosea Edgew.
 - U. roseopurpurea Stapf ex Gamble
 - U. sampathii Subr. & Yogan.
 - U. sootepensis Craib
 - U. squamosa Benj.
 
See also
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References
- ↑ "Utricularia caerulea". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
 - 1 2 Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.
 
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