Utricularia gibba

Taxobox
name = "Utricularia gibba"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Utricularia"
sectio = "Utricularia"
species = "U. gibba"
binomial = "Utricularia gibba"
binomial_authority = L. (1753)

"Utricularia gibba" is a small, mat forming species of aquatic bladderwort. This species has a vast geographic range and occurs naturally in the USA (all states except Alaska and Rocky mountain states), Canada, Central and South America, Spain, Israel, most of Africa, most of Asia -including China and Japan-, New Guinea, Australia and Tasmania and the North Island of New Zealand.Bruce Salmon (2001) "Carnivorous Plants of New Zealand" Ecosphere Publications] The specific epithet is Latin for "hump or swelling" - a reference to the inflated base of the lower lip of the corolla.

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