Utricularia

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Contains 14 accepted taxa overall.

Family:	LENTIBULARIACEAE
Genus:	Utricularia L.
Common Name:	BLADDERWORT
Genus Notes:	Plants are considered rootless, with leaves that can be photosynthetic and in whorls along the stem, finely dissected, and/or linear. Much like roots, bladders (traps or utricles) may exude carbon and absorb other nutrients. These bladders may be culturing a mutualistic community and/or carnivorous. The bladders trap and contain much from the environment, such as algae, microinverterbrates, protists, bacteria, fungi, and detritus (Adamec 2006; Gordon & Pacheco 2007; Meis Chormanski 2007; Peroutka et al. 2008; Richards 2001; Sirová et al. 2010). Terrestrial species might rely more heavily on protists for nutrients instead of photosynthesis (Porembski et al. 2006).
Specimen:	View USF Herbarium specimens of this genus

Classification

Division
Class
Sub Class
Order	LAMIALES
Family	LENTIBULARIACEAE
Genus	*Utricularia*

Citation

Citation	UTRICULARIA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 18. 1753.
Basionym:	**
Type:	TYPE: Utricularia vulgaris Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 3: 227. 1913.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species

Scientific Name	Common Name	Herbarium Specimens	Photos
Utricularia amethystina	FLORIDA PURPLE BLADDERWORT
Utricularia cornuta	HORNED BLADDERWORT
Utricularia floridana	FLORIDA YELLOW BLADDERWORT
Utricularia foliosa	LEAFY BLADDERWORT
Utricularia gibba	HUMPED BLADDERWORT
Utricularia inflata	FLOATING BLADDERWORT
Utricularia juncea	SOUTHERN BLADDERWORT
Utricularia olivacea	PIEDMONT BLADDERWORT
Utricularia purpurea	EASTERN PURPLE BLADDERWORT
Utricularia radiata	LITTLE FLOATING BLADDERWORT
Utricularia resupinata	LAVENDER BLADDERWORT; SMALL PURPLE BLADDERWORT
Utricularia simulans	FRINGED BLADDERWORT
Utricularia striata	STRIPED BLADDERWORT
Utricularia subulata	ZIGZAG BLADDERWORT

Identification Key

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)

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