Utricularia floridana
Utricularia floridana, the Florida yellow bladderwort,[1] is a large affixed aquatic carnivorous plant in the bladderwort genus within the bladderwort family). It is a perennial plant that is endemic to southeastern United States (Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and the Carolinas).[2][3][4]
| Utricularia floridana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lentibulariaceae |
| Genus: | Utricularia |
| Subgenus: | Utricularia subg. Utricularia |
| Section: | Utricularia sect. Utricularia |
| Species: | U. floridana |
| Binomial name | |
| Utricularia floridana Nash 1896 | |
See also
References
- USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Utricularia floridana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.
- Nash, George Valentine. 1896. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 23(3): 105–106
- Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States Dicotyledons 1–944. Univ. Georgia Press, Athens.
External links
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Lake County in Florida, isotype of Utricularia floridana
- Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
- Nia Wellendorf, 2011. How to Distinguish the Aquatic Bladderworts. Department of Environmental Protection, Standards and Assessment Section photos of several species and discussion of identification criteria
- Makoto Honda. Carnivorous Plants - Utricularia floridana - Early May, 2009. description and photos
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