Utricularia uliginosa

Utricularia uliginosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Utricularia
Subgenus: Bivalvaria
Section: 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]

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See also

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References

  1. "Utricularia uliginosa". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
  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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