List of Utricularia species

There are around 240 species in the genus Utricularia, belonging to the bladderwort family (Lentibulariaceae). It is the largest genus of carnivorous plants and has a worldwide distribution, being absent only from Antarctica and the oceanic islands. This genus was considered to have 250 species until Peter Taylor reduced the number to 214 in his exhaustive study, The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph, published by HMSO (1989). Taylor's classification is generally accepted, though his division of the genus into two subgenera was soon seen as obsolete. Molecular genetic studies have mostly confirmed Taylor's sections with some modifications (Jobson et al., 2003), but reinstalled the division of the genus in three subgenera. This list follows the subgeneric classification sensu Müller & Borsch (2005), updated with new information in Müller et al. (2006).

For a list of known Utricularia species by common name, see Utricularia species by common name.

Subgenus Bivalvaria edit

Section Aranella edit

Utricularia blanchetii

Section Australes edit

Utricularia lateriflora

Section Avesicarioides edit

Section Benjaminia edit

Utricularia nana

Section Calpidisca edit

Utricularia bisquamata

Section Enskide edit

Section Lloydia edit

Utricularia pubescens

Section Minutae edit

Utricularia simmonsii^[1]

Section Nigrescentes edit

Utricularia warburgii

Section Oligocista edit

Section Phyllaria edit

Section Stomoisia edit

Subgenus Polypompholyx edit

Section Pleiochasia edit

Utricularia dichotoma

Section Lasiocaules^[2] edit

Section Polypompholyx edit

Section Tridentaria edit

Utricularia westonii

Subgenus Utricularia edit

Section Avesicaria edit

Section Candollea edit

Utricularia podadena

Section Chelidon edit

Utricularia mannii

Section Choristothecae edit

Section Foliosa edit

Utricularia amethystina

Utricularia calycifida

Section Kamienskia edit

Section Lecticula edit

Section Martinia edit

Utricularia tenuissima

Section Meionula edit

Section Mirabiles edit

Section Nelipus edit

Section Oliveria edit

Utricularia appendiculata

Section Orchidioides edit

Utricularia alpina

Utricularia nelumbifolia

Section Setiscapella edit

Utricularia subulata

Section Sprucea edit

Utricularia viscosa

Section Steyermarkia edit

Section Stylotheca edit

Utricularia guyanensis

Section Utricularia edit

Utricularia inflexa

Utricularia macrorhiza

Utricularia vulgaris

Section Vesiculina edit

Notes edit

^ Lowrie et al. (2008) notes the placement of section Minutae appears, morphologically, to be closer to subgenus Bivalvaria. This was confirmed by a molecular study (Reut & Jobson, 2010)
^ Section Pleiochasia was divided into two sections (Pleiochasia and Lasiocaules) based upon molecular data in a phylogenetic study on subgenus Polypompholyx (Jobson et al., 2017).

References edit

Lowrie A, Cowie ID, and Conran JG. (2008). A new species and section of Utricularia (Lentibulariaceae) from northern Australia. Telopea, 12(1): 31-46.
Jobson RW, Playford J, Cameron KM, Albert VA. (2003). Molecular phylogenetics of Lentibulariaceae inferred from plastid rps16 intron and trnLF DNA sequences: implications for character evolution and biogeography. Systematic Botany, 28(1): 157-171. doi:10.1043/0363-6445-28.1.157
Jobson RW, Baleeiro PC, Reut MS (2017). Molecular phylogeny of subgenus Polypompholyx (Utricularia; Lentibulariaceae) based on three plastid markers: diversification and proposal for a new section. Australian Systematic Botany, 30: 259-278. https://doi.org/10.1071/SB17003
Jobson RW, Baleeiro PC, Barrett MD (2018). Six new species of Utricularia (Lentibulariaceae) from Northern Australia. Telopea, 21: 57-77. https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea12630
Müller KF and Borsch T. (2005). Phylogenetics of Utricularia (Lentibulariaceae) and molecular evolution of the trnK intron in a lineage with high substitutional rates. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 250: 39-67. doi:10.1007/s00606-004-0224-1
Müller KF, Borsch T, Legendre L, Porembski S, and Barthlott W. (2006). Recent progress in understanding the evolution of carnivorous Lentibulariaceae (Lamiales). Plant Biology, 8: 748-757. doi:10.1055/s-2006-924706
Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London. ISBN 0-947643-72-9

External links edit

A large Utricularia photo gallery

[Minutae_note-1] Lowrie et al. (2008) notes the placement of section Minutae appears, morphologically, to be closer to subgenus Bivalvaria. This was confirmed by a molecular study (Reut & Jobson, 2010)

[2] Section Pleiochasia was divided into two sections (Pleiochasia and Lasiocaules) based upon molecular data in a phylogenetic study on subgenus Polypompholyx (Jobson et al., 2017).

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