Utricularia aurea
Appearance
Utricularia aurea | |
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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. aurea
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Binomial name | |
Utricularia aurea Lour. 1790
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Synonyms | |
U. flexuosa Vahl 1804 |
Utricularia aurea, the golden bladderwort,[1] is a medium- to large-sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia (family Lentibulariaceae). It is the most common and widespread suspended aquatic species in Asia. Its native distribution ranges from India to Japan and Australia.[2]
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Utricularia aurea in a rice paddy
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Utricularia aurea and Ipomoea aquatica
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Close-up of the flowers
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Utricularia aurea". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.
Categories:
- Utricularia
- Carnivorous plants of Asia
- Carnivorous plants of Australia
- Flora of China
- Flora of tropical Asia
- Flora of Japan
- Flora of Korea
- Flora of New South Wales
- Flora of Queensland
- Flora of the Northern Territory
- Eudicots of Western Australia
- Plants described in 1790
- Lentibulariaceae stubs
- Australian asterid stubs