Utricularia scandens
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Utricularia scandens is a small, probably annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It has a wide native distribution that includes Africa (Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) and Asia (Bangladesh, Burma, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam). U. scandens grows as a terrestrial plant in wet grasslands and bogs at lower altitudes around sea level up to Script error: No such module "convert".. It was originally described by Ludwig Benjamin in 1847. There is a significant amount of synonymy established for this species, in part because of its large distribution and variable morphology.[1]
Synonyms
- Polypompholyx madecassa H.Perrier
- Utricularia bifida var. wallichiana (Wight) Thwaites
- U. gibbsiae Stapf
- U. macrolepis Wight
- [U. micropetala Hutch. & Dalziel]
- [U. prehensilis Pellegr.]
- U. scandens subsp. scandens P.Taylor
- U. scandens var. scandens P.Taylor
- U. scandens subsp. schweinfurthii (Baker ex Stapf) P.Taylor
- U. schweinfurthii Baker ex Stapf
- U. wallichiana Wight
- U. wallichii Wight
- U. volubilis Wight
See also
References
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- ↑ Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.
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- Utricularia
- Carnivorous plants of Africa
- Carnivorous plants of Asia
- Flora of Cameroon
- Flora of China
- Flora of Ivory Coast
- Flora of Ethiopia
- Flora of Guinea
- Flora of Madagascar
- Flora of Nigeria
- Flora of South Africa
- Flora of South Tropical Africa
- Flora of Sudan
- Flora of Tanzania
- Flora of tropical Asia
- Flora of the Central African Republic
- Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo