Overview
Lentibulariaceae (bladderwort family) is a family of carnivorous plants containing three genera, Genlisea, the corkscrew plants, Pinguicula, the butterworts, and Utricularia, the bladderworts.
The genera Polypompholyx (two species of pink petticoats or fairy aprons) and Biovularia were formerly regarded as fourth and fifth members of this family. Biovularia has been subsumed into Utricularia, and Polypompholyx has been relegated to a subgenus of Utricularia. Placement of the family was previously in the Scrophulariales, which has
been merged with Lamiales in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group system.
- Jobson, Richard W., Playford, Julia, Cameron, Kenneth M. and Albert, Victor A. (2003). "Molecular Phylogenetics of Lentibulariaceae Inferred from Plastid rps16 Intron and trnL-F DNA Sequences: Implications for Character Evolution and Biogeography". Systematic Botany 28: 157?171. (abstract here).
- K. M?ller, T. Borsch, L. Legendre, S. Porembski, I. Theisen and W. Barthlott (2004). "Evolution of Carnivory in Lentibulariaceae and the Lamiales". Plant Biology (Stuttgart) 6 (4): 477?490. doi:10.1055/s-2004-817909. PMID 15248131. (abstract here).
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Taxonomy
The Family Lentibulariaceae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Subfamily (1): Coliadinae
- Tribe (1): Diapensieae
- Genus (39): Akentra · Askofake · Avesicaria · Bashania · Biovularia · Bucranion · Calpidisca · Cirrhopetalum · Cosmiza · Diurospermum · Enetophyton · Enskide · Genlisea · Hamulia · Isoloba · Lecticula · Lentibularia · Lepiactis · Megopiza · Meionula · Meloneura · Melonura · Nelipus · Orchyllium · Personula · Pinguicula · Plectoma · Pleioblastus · Pleiochasia · Pleiostachya · Plesisa · Polypompholyx · Saccolaria · Sacculina · Stomoisia · Tetralobus · Trilobulina · Utricularia · Vesiculina
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1,034 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Family Lentibulariaceae.
Genera
Akentra
Askofake
Avesicaria
Bashania
Biovularia
Utricularia, commonly and collectively called the bladderworts, is a genus of carnivorous plants consisting of approximately 233 species (precise counts differ based on classification opinions; one recent publication lists 215 species). They occur in fresh water and wet soil as terrestrial or aquatic species across every continent except Antarctica. Utricularia are cultivated for their flowers, which are often compared with those of snapdragons and orchids, especially amongst carnivorous plant enthusiasts. [more]
Bucranion
Calpidisca
Cirrhopetalum
Cosmiza
Diurospermum
Enetophyton
Enskide
Genlisea
Genlisea () is a genus of carnivorous plants also known as corkscrew plants. The 27 or so species grow in wet terrestrial to semi-aquatic environments distributed throughout Africa and Central and South America. The plants use highly modified underground leaves to attract, trap and digest minute microfaunaca, particularly protozoans. Although suggested a century earlier by Charles Darwin, carnivory in the genus was not proven until 1998. [more]
Hamulia
Isoloba
Lecticula
Lentibularia
Lepiactis
Megopiza
Meionula
Meloneura
Melonura
Nelipus
Utricularia sect. Nelipus is a section in the genus Utricularia that was originally described as a genus in 1838 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. Two of the species in this section are endemic to Australia while the third, Utricularia limosa, is also native to Southeast Asia. Species in this section are distinguished by the characteristic two-lobed lower lip of the corolla. [more]
Orchyllium
Personula
Pinguicula
Pinguicula, commonly known as the butterworts, is a genus of carnivorous plants that use sticky, glandular leaves to lure, trap, and digest insects in order to supplement the poor mineral nutrition they obtain from the environments. Of the roughly 80 currently known species, 12 are native to Europe, 9 to North America, and some in northern Asia. The largest number of species is in South and Central America. [more]
Plectoma
Pleioblastus
Pleioblastus is a genus of monopodial bamboo. Genetic research indicates that this genus may properly be part of the genus Arundinaria. [more]
Pleiochasia
Pleiostachya
Plesisa
Polypompholyx
Utricularia subg. Polypompholyx is a in the genus Utricularia. [more]
Saccolaria
Sacculina
Sacculina is a genus of barnacles that is a parasitic castrator of crabs. The adults bear no resemblance to the barnacles that cover ships and piers; they are recognised as barnacles because their larval forms are like other members of the barnacle class Cirripedia. Depending on the location, the prevalence of this unusual crustacean parasite in its crab host can be as high as 50%. [more]
Stomoisia
Tetralobus
Trilobulina
Utricularia
Utricularia, commonly and collectively called the bladderworts, is a genus of carnivorous plants consisting of approximately 233 species (precise counts differ based on classification opinions; one recent publication lists 215 species). They occur in fresh water and wet soil as terrestrial or aquatic species across every continent except Antarctica. Utricularia are cultivated for their flowers, which are often compared with those of snapdragons and orchids, especially amongst carnivorous plant enthusiasts. [more]
Vesiculina
At least 8 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Vesiculina.
More info about the Genus Vesiculina may be found here.
References
- Jobson, Richard W., Playford, Julia, Cameron, Kenneth M. and Albert, Victor A. (2003). "Molecular Phylogenetics of Lentibulariaceae Inferred from Plastid rps16 Intron and trnL-F DNA Sequences: Implications for Character Evolution and Biogeography". Systematic Botany 28: 157–171. (abstract here).
- K. Müller, T. Borsch, L. Legendre, S. Porembski, I. Theisen and W. Barthlott (2004). "Evolution of Carnivory in Lentibulariaceae and the Lamiales". Plant Biology (Stuttgart) 6: 477–490. doi:
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