Utricularia simulans
Utricularia simulans, the fringed bladderwort,[1] is a small to medium-sized, probably perennial, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. simulans is native to tropical Africa and the Americas. It grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy soils in open savanna at altitudes from near sea level to 1,575 m (5,167 ft). U. simulans was originally described and published by Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger in 1914.[2]
| Utricularia simulans | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lentibulariaceae |
| Genus: | Utricularia |
| Subgenus: | Utricularia subg. Bivalvaria |
| Section: | Utricularia sect. Aranella |
| Species: | U. simulans |
| Binomial name | |
| Utricularia simulans | |
Synonyms
U. simulans covers a vast native range and is an extremely variable species, which accounts for the moderate amount of synonymy.[2]
- [Aranella fimbriata Barnhart]
- [Cosmiza longeciliata Small]
- ?Polypompholyx bicolor Klotzsch
- P. laciniata Benj.
- P. laciniata var. rubrocalcarata Griseb.
- Utricularia congesta Steyerm.
- U. congesta f. deminutiva Steyerm.
- [U. fimbriata Leon & Alain]
- U. laciniata Mart.
- [U. laciniata Buscal.]
- U. laciniata var. poeppigiana Buscal.
- [U. longeciliata Oliv.]
- U. orinocensis Steyerm.
- U. surinamensis Buscal.
See also
References
- USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Utricularia simulans". 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.
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