List of Utricularia species

There are around 233 species in the genus Utricularia, belonging to the Bladderwort family (Lentibulariaceae). It is the largest genus of carnivorous plants and has a worldwide distribution, being absent only from Antarctica and the oceanic islands. This genus was considered to have 250 species until Peter Taylor reduced the number to 214 in his exhaustive study, The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph, published by HMSO (1989). Taylor's classification is generally accepted, though his division of the genus in two subgenera was soon seen as obsolete. Molecular genetic studies have mostly confirmed Taylor's sections with some modifications (Jobson et al., 2003), but reinstalled the division of the genus in three subgenera. This list follows the subgeneric classification sensu Müller & Borsch (2005), updated with new information in Müller et al. (2006).

For a list of known Utricularia species by common name, see Utricularia species by common name.

Subgenus Bivalvaria

Section Aranella

Utricularia blanchetii

Section Australes

Utricularia lateriflora

Section Avesicarioides

Section Benjaminia

Section Calpidisca

Utricularia bisquamata

Section Enskide

Section Lloydia

Section Minutae

Section Nigrescentes

Utricularia warburgii

Section Oligocista

Section Phyllaria

Section Stomoisia

Subgenus Polypompholyx

Section Pleiochasia

Utricularia dichotoma

Section Polypompholyx

Section Tridentaria

Subgenus Utricularia

Section Avesicaria

Section Candollea

Section Chelidon

Section Choristothecae

Section Foliosa

Utricularia amethystina
Utricularia calycifida

Section Kamienskia

Section Lecticula

Section Martinia

Section Meionula

Section Mirabiles

Section Nelipus

Section Oliveria

Section Orchidioides

Utricularia alpina
Utricularia nelumbifolia

Section Setiscapella

Utricularia subulata

Section Sprucea

Section Steyermarkia

Section Stylotheca

Section Utricularia

Utricularia inflexa
Utricularia macrorhiza
Utricularia vulgaris

Section Vesiculina

Notes

  1. ↑ Lowrie et al. (2008) notes the placement of section Minutae appears, morphologically, to be closer to subgenus Bivalvaria. This was confirmed by a molecular study (Reut & Jobson, 2010)

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