Utricularia warburgii

Taxobox

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image_caption = "Utricularia warburgii"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Bivalvaria"
sectio = "Nigrescentes"
species = "U. warburgii"
binomial = "Utricularia warburgii"
binomial_authority = K.I.Goebel 1891

"Utricularia warburgii" is a species of terrestrial bladderwort found in China, where it grows in sunny wet meadows at an altitude of 900 m..Peter Krbez & Gerfried Deutsch; " [http://www.carnivoren.org/de/gfp/mitteilungsorgane/taublatt/artikel/47_01-krebz_deutsch-utricularia-warburgii.pdf Utricularia warburgii "Goebel" - ein attraktiver terrestrischer Wasserschlauch aus China] "] It belongs to the section "Nigrescentes" and is closely related to "U. caerulea".

In the spring "Utricularia warburgii" produces 5-20 cm. flower scapes bearing 2-6 violet-blue flowers, 8mm in size and bearing a yellow splotch at the throat.

The cultivation of this species is not difficult, and is similar to other commonly cultivated terrestrial "Utricularia". Plants are best grown in a mixture of peat and sand that is kept constantly moist to wet and placed in bright light conditions.

References

Literature

*Goebel, K. I. 1890.: Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg. 9: 66.
*Taylor,P. "The genus Utricularia – a taxonomic monograph." – Kew Bulletin additional series XIV, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London.

External links

*http://flora_of_china.mirror.ac.cn/mss/volume19/Lentibulariaceae-CAS_coauthoring.htm