Utricularia sect. Aranella

Taxobox
name = "Aranella"

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image_caption = "Utricularia blanchetii"
image_width = 220px
status =
status_ref =
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Bivalvaria"
sectio = "Aranella"
sectio_authority = (Barnhart) P.Taylor
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Utricularia blanchetii"
*"Utricularia costata"
*"Utricularia fimbriata"
*"Utricularia laciniata"
*"Utricularia longeciliata"
*"Utricularia parthenopipes"
*"Utricularia purpureocaerulea"
*"Utricularia sandwithii"
*"Utricularia simulans"
type_species = "U. fimbriata"
type_species_authority = Kunth
synonyms =
*"Aranella" Barnhart
*"Utricularia" subg. "Aranella" (Barnhart) Komiya

"Utricularia" sect. "Aranella" is a section in the genus "Utricularia". The nine species in this section are small terrestrial carnivorous plants native to tropical South America with one species also extending into tropical Africa. John Hendley Barnhart originally described and published this section in 1913 as a separate genus, "Aranella". Sadashi Komiya revised the genus "Utricularia" in a 1973 taxonomic review and placed Barnhart's genus at the rank of subgenus within "Utricularia". Peter Taylor then published his taxonomic monograph of "Utricularia" in 1986 in which he reduced Komiya's subgenus to the rank of section, placing it within subgenus "Utricularia". More recent phylogenetic data and revisions have reinstated subgenus "Bivalvaria" and have placed this section within it.Taylor, Peter. (1989). "The genus "Utricularia": A taxonomic monograph." Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.] Müller, K.F., Borsch, T., Legendre, L., Porembski, S., and Barthlott, W. (2006). Recent progress in understanding the evolution of carnivorous Lentibulariaceae (Lamiales). "Plant Biology", 8: 748-757.]

See also

* List of "Utricularia" species

References