Utricularia caerulea

Utricularia caerulea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Utricularia
Subgenus: Bivalvaria
Section: Nigrescentes
Species: U. caerulea
Binomial name
Utricularia caerulea
L.

Utricularia caerulea, the blue bladderwort,[1] 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 2,100 m (6,890 ft). It was originally described and published by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.[2]

Synonyms

U. caerulea spans a wide distribution and is a very variable species, leading to a great deal of synonymy.[2]

See also

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References

  1. "Utricularia caerulea". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. 1 2 Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.


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