Contains 14 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
UTRICULARIA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 18. 1753.
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TYPE: Utricularia vulgaris Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 3: 227. 1913.
Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
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| Utricularia amethystina | FLORIDA PURPLE BLADDERWORT | Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
| Utricularia cornuta | HORNED BLADDERWORT | Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
| Utricularia floridana | FLORIDA YELLOW BLADDERWORT | Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
| Utricularia foliosa | LEAFY BLADDERWORT | Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
| Utricularia gibba | HUMPED BLADDERWORT | Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
| Utricularia inflata | FLOATING BLADDERWORT | Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
| Utricularia juncea | SOUTHERN BLADDERWORT | Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
| Utricularia olivacea | PIEDMONT BLADDERWORT | Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
| Utricularia purpurea | EASTERN PURPLE BLADDERWORT | Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
| Utricularia radiata | LITTLE FLOATING BLADDERWORT | Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
| Utricularia resupinata | LAVENDER BLADDERWORT; SMALL PURPLE BLADDERWORT | Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
| Utricularia simulans | FRINGED BLADDERWORT | Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) | ||
| Utricularia striata | STRIPED BLADDERWORT | Native OBL (NWPL) | ||
| Utricularia subulata | ZIGZAG BLADDERWORT | Native OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP) |
Identification Key
1. Plant with a whorl of elongated floats at the base of the inflorescence, these usually at the water surface
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1. Plant without elongated floats
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2. Inflorescence with (4)8-14(17) flowers; bract subtending pedicel 3-5 mm long, longer than wide; pedicels recurving in fruit; corolla spur notched at tip
2. Inflorescence with (1)3-5(7) flowers; bract subtending pedicel 1-2 mm long, about as wide as long; pedicels ascending in fruit (rarely recurved); corolla spur lacking a notch
3. Corolla predominantly pink to purple or white, sometimes some lobes having yellow spots at the base
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3. Corolla predominantly yellow to greenish yellow, sometimes some lobes with reddish areas
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4. Inflorescence scape poorly developed, flowers appearing solitary emerging from the water; corolla white, 2-4 mm wide or long
4. Inflorescence scape well developed and apparent; corolla pink, purple, or white, 5-20 mm wide or long
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5. Plant usually floating; corolla upper lip (opposite the spur) suborbicular, about as wide as the lower lip (part with yellowish spot at base)
5. Plant usually terrestrial; corolla upper lip (opposite the spur) oblong-obovate, much narrower than the lower lip (part with yellowish spot at base)
6. Bracts and calyx lobes margins fimbriate
6. Bracts and calyx lobes margins entire
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7. Pedicel subtended by 1 bract and 2 bracteoles; plant terrestrial
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7. Pedicel subtended 1 bracts, without bracteoles; plant terrestrial to aquatic
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8. Bladders 1-1.2 mm wide; calyx 1.5-3 mm long; fruit 1.5-2.5 mm long or wide
8. Bladders 0.3-0.8 mm wide; calyx (2.5)3-5(7) mm long; fruit 2.5-4.5 mm long or wide
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9. Inflorescence scape 0.5-1.5 mm wide near the base; flowers congested and overlapping at apex; spur 7-14 mm long
9. Inflorescence scape 0.4-1 mm wide near the base, greenish purple to purple; flowers spaced out, at least those towards the base not overlapping; spur 4-8(10) mm long
10. Plant floating; inflorescence of (3)5-20 flowers, the scape 7-60 cm long, 1-3 mm wide; bracts subtending pedicel 1.8-4 mm long
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10. Plant floating or terrestrial; inflorescence of 1-4(8) flowers, the scape 0.3-18 cm long, 0.5-1 mm wide; bracts subtending pedicel 0.5-2.5 mm long
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11. Stolons dimorphic, some whitish, bearing bladders (often buried in substrate), others green, bearing dissected leaves with no or 1--few bladders (fewer bladders than on non-green stolons); scape often flexuous; pedicel spreading to ascending in fruit
11. Stolons monomorphic, green, leaves bearing bladders; scape usually not flexuous; pedicel recurving in fruit
12. Bract subtending pedicel 1.2-2.5 mm long; pedicel 1-3 cm long; corollas pale yellow to greenish yellow, with conspicuous veins, lower lip with red streaks at base, continuing into spur, palate usually red-streaked; spur usually with shallow notch at apex, sometimes obscurely 3-fid; stolons radiating from base of inflorescence, whitish, bearing rhizoids
12. Bract subtending pedicel 0.5-1.5 mm long; pedicel 0.2-1 cm long; corollas yellow, without conspicuous veins (palate red-streaked in U. gibba); spur not notched at apex (sometimes slightly denticulate in U. subulata); base of inflorescence not bearing radiating stolons
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13. Bract basifixed; calyx 2-4 mm long; upper corolla lip 3-lobed (sometimes obscurely so) and nearly subequal in size to the 3-lobed to unlobed lower lip
13. Bract peltate; calyx 1-2(2.5) mm long; upper corolla lip unlobed and distinctly smaller than the 3-lobed lower lip
Genus Synonyms
| Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akentra | Akentra Benjamin, Linnaea 20: 319. 1847. | TYPE: Akentra inflata Benjamin | |
| Aranella | Aranella Barnhart, in Small, Fl. Miami 171, 200. 1913. | TYPE: Aranella fimbriata (Kunth) Barnhart (Utricularia fimbriata Kunth) | |
| Askofake | Askofake Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 108. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Askofake recurva (Loureiro) Rafinesque (Utricularia recurva Loureiro) | |
| Avesicaria | Avesicaria (Kamienski) Barnhart, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 56. 1915 ("1916"). | BASIONYM: Utricularia Linnaeus, sect. Avesicaria Kamienski, in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 121. 1893. | TYPE: Avesicaria neottioides (Saint-Hilaire ex Girard) Barnhart (Utricularia neottioides Saint-Hilaire ex Girard) |
| Biovularia | Biovularia Kamienski, in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 122. 1893. | TYPE: Biovularia olivacea (C. Wright ex Grisebach) Kamienski (Utricularia olivacea C. Wright ex Grisebach) | |
| Bucranion | Bucranion Rafinesque, Autik. Bot. 159. 1840. | TYPE: Bucranion spicatum Rafinesque Lectotypified by Pennell, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 48: 95. 1921. | |
| Calpidisca | Calpidisca Barnhart, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 55. 1915 ("1916"). | TYPE: Calpidisca capensis (Sprengel) Barnhart (Utricularia capensis Sprengel) | |
| Cosmiza | Cosmiza Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 110. 1838 ("1836"), nom. rej. vs. Polypompholyx Lehmann 1844. | TYPE: Cosmiza coccinea Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Utricularia multifida R. Brown) | |
| Diurospermum | Diurospermum Edgeworth, Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1: 351. 1847. | TYPE: Diurospermum album Edgeworth | |
| Enetophyton | Enetophyton Nieuwland, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 190. 1914. | TYPE: Enetophyton cleistogamum (A. Gray) Nieuwland (Utricularia subulata Linnaeus, var. cleistogama A. Gray) | |
| Enskide | Enskide Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 109. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Hamulia | Hamulia Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 109. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Lecticula | Lecticula Barnhart, in Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 3: 230. 1913. | TYPE: Lecticula resupinata (B. D. Green ex Bigelow) Barnhart (Utricularia resupinata B. D. Green ex Bigelow) | |
| Lentibularia | Lentibularia Seguier, Pl. Veron. 3: 128. 1754. | TYPE: = Utricularia Linnaeus 1753. | |
| Lentibularia | Lentibularia Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 108. 1838 ("1836"), non Seguier 1754. | TYPE: Lentibularia minor (Linnaeus) Rafinesque (Utricularia minor Linnaeus) | |
| Lepiactis | Lepiactis Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 109. 1838 ("1836"), non Rafinesque 1837. | TYPE: Lepiactis stellaris (Linnaeus f.) Rafinesque (Utricularia stellaris Linnaeus f.) | |
| Megozipa | Megozipa Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 110. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Meionula | Meionula Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 108. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Meionula parviflora Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Utricularia minutissima Vahl) | |
| Meloneura | Meloneura Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 109. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Meloneura purpurea Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Utricularia striatula Smith) | |
| Nelipus | Nelipus Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 109. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Orchyllium | Orchyllium Barnhart, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 53. 1915 ("1916"). | TYPE: Orchyllium alpinum (Jacquin) Barnhart (Utricularia alpina Jacquin) | |
| Pelidnia | Pelidnia Barnhart, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 50. 1915 ("1916"). | TYPE: Pelidnia caerulea (Linnaeus) Barnhart (Utricularia caerulea Linnaeus) | |
| Personula | Personula Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 110. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Personula grandiflora Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Utricularia personata Leconte) | |
| Plectoma | Plectoma Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 110. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Pleiochasia | Pleiochasia (Kamienski) Barnhart, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 52. 1915 ("1916"). | BASIONYM: Utricularia Linnaeus, sect. Pleiochasia Kamienski, in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 120. 1893. | TYPE: Pleiochasia dichotoma (Labillardiere) Barnhart (Utricularia dichotoma Labillardiere) |
| Plesisa | Plesisa Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 110. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Plesisa bipartita (Elliott) Rafinesque (Utricularia bipartita Elliott) | |
| Polypompholyx | Polypompholyx Lehmann, Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 2: 109. 1844, nom. cons. vs. Cosmiza Rafinesque 1838. | TYPE: Polypompholyx tenella (R. Brown) Lehmann, typ. cons. (Utricularia tenella R. Brown) | |
| Saccolaria | Saccolaria Kuhlmann, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 394. 1914. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Sacculina | Sacculina Bosser, Natur. Malgache 8: 28. 1956, non Malyavkina 1949. | TYPE: Sacculina madecassa Bosser | |
| Setiscapella | Setiscapella Barnhart, in Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 3: 230. 1913. | TYPE: Setiscapella subulata (Linnaeus) Barnhart (Utricularia subulata Linnaeus) | |
| Stomoisia | Stomoisia Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 108. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Stomoisia cornuat (Michaux) Rafinesque (Utricularia cornuta Michaux) | |
| Tetralobus | Tetralobus Alph. de Candolle, in de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 667. 1844. | TYPE: Tetralobus pusillus Alph. de Candolle Lectotypified by P. Taylon, Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. 14: 78. 1989. | |
| Trilobulina | Trilobulina Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 110. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Trixapias | Trixapias Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 108. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Trixapias capillacea (Willdenow) Rafinesque (Utricularia capillacea Willdenow) | |
| Vesiculina | Vesiculina Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 109. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Vesiculina saccata Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Utricularia saccata Leconte, nom. illegit.; Utricularia purpurea Walter) Lectotypified by Barnhart, in Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 3: 326. 1913. | |
| Xananthes | Xananthes Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 108. 1838 ("1836"), nom. alt. | TYPE: Utricularia minor Linnaeus |