Utricularia caerulea

Taxobox


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Bivalvaria"
sectio = "Nigrescentes"
species = "U. caerulea"
binomial = "Utricularia caerulea"
binomial_authority = L.

"Utricularia caerulea" 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 convert|2100|m|ft|0|lk=on|abbr=on. It was originally described and published by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.Taylor, Peter. (1989). "The genus "Utricularia": A taxonomic monograph." Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]

Synonyms

"U. caerulea" spans a wide distribution and is a very variable species, leading to a great deal of synonymy.
*"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

* List of "Utricularia" species

References