Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Bladderwort, Fairies Aprons
Description
Physical Description
Flowers: Bloom Period: June, July, August. • Flower Color: purple
Size/Age/Growth
Size: under 6" tall.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,397 meters (0 to 4,583 feet).[1]
Biology
Growth
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
)
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
)
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
)
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
)
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
)
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Lamianae
(
)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Lamiales
(
)
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Lentibulariaceae
(
)
- Richard, in Poiteau & Turpin, 1808, nom. cons.
- Genus:
Utricularia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
dichotoma
- Labill.
- Botanical name: - Utricularia dichotoma Labill.
- Specific epithet:
dichotoma
- Labill.
- Genus:
Utricularia
(
- Family:
Lentibulariaceae
(
- Order:
Lamiales
(
- Superorder:
Lamianae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author
: Labill. Publication
: Novae Hollandiae Plantarum
Specimen 1805 (Dec 1805)
A tentatively accepted name
in the RHS
Horticultural Database.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Utricularia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 69 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
U. adpressa (Bladderwort) · U. alpina (Bladderwort) · U. amethystina (Bladderwort) · U. australis (Bladderwort) · U. bifida (Bladderwort) · U. biovularioides (Bladderwort) · U. bisquamata (Bladderwort) · U. bremii (Bladderwort) · U. buntingiana (Bladderwort) · U. caerulea (Bladderwort) · U. calycifida (Bladderwort) · U. campbelliana (Bladderwort) · U. capilliflora (Bladderwort) · U. chrysantha (Bladderwort) · U. cornuta (Bladderwort) · U. delicatula (Bladderwort) · U. dichotoma (Bladderwort) · U. dimorphanta (Bladderwort) · U. exoleta (Bladderwort) · U. flaccida (Bladderwort) · U. floridana (Florida Yellow Bladderwort) · U. foliosa (Leafy Bladderwort) · U. geminiloba (Bladderwort) · U. geminiscapa (Bladderwort) · U. gibba (Humped Bladderwort) · U. gibba exoleta (Bladderwort) · U. heterosepala (Bladderwort) · U. hintonii (Bladderwort) · U. inflata (Bladderwort) · U. intermedia (Flat-Leaf Bladderwort) · U. jamesoniana (Bladderwort) · U. juncea (Bladderwort) · U. lateriflora (Tiny Bladderwort) · U. leptoplectra (Bladderwort) · U. livida (Bladderwort) · U. longifolia (Bladderwort) · U. macrorhiza (Bladderwort) · U. menziesii (Bladderwort) · U. microcalyx (Bladderwort) · U. minor (Bladderwort) · U. monanthos (Bladderwort) · U. nelumbifolia (Bladderwort) · U. neottioides (Bladderworts) · U. novae-zelandiae (Bladderwort) · U. ochroleuca (Bladderwort) · U. olivacea (Bladderwort) · U. parthenopipes (Bladderwort) · U. praelonga (Bladderwort) · U. prehensilis (Bladderwort) · U. purpurea (Eastern Purple Bladderwort) · U. pusilla (Bladderwort) · U. quelchii (Bladderwort) · U. racemosa (Bladderwort) · U. radiata (Floating Bladderwort) · U. reniformis (Bladderwort) · U. resupinata (Bladderwort) · U. sandersonii (Bladderwort) · U. sandersonii 'Blue' (Bladderwort) · U. simulans (Bladderwort) · U. singeriana (Bladderwort) · U. striata (Bladderwort) · U. stygia (Bladderwort) · U. subulata (Bladderwort) · U. tenella (Pink Bladderwort) · U. tricolor (Bladderwort) · U. uliginosa (Bladderwort) · U. volubilis (Bladderwort) · U. warburgii (Bladderwort) · U. welwitschii (Bladderwort)
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Further Reading
- Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. CambridgeUniversity Press1908-14 url p. 165.
- Hooker, J. D. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843: under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross /by Joseph Dalton Hooker. 2 1853 London: Reeve Brothers, 1844-60. url p. 206, p. 299.
- Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania, The Society. url p. 63.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url , p. 10, p. 17, p. 186, p. 199, p. 212, p. 25, p. 363, p. 413, p. 462, p. 620, p. 718.
- Some wild flowers of Tasmania. Illustrations from photographs by Olive Barnard. Hobart: J. Vail, 1922. url , p. 129.
- The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. 20 1884 London: the Society: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green: ||Williams and Norgate, 1865-1968. url p. 73.
- The Tasmanian flora. Hobart, Tasmania, J. Vail, Govt. Printer, 1903. url , , .
- The Victorian naturalist. [Melbourne]Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. url , , , , , p. 102, p. 102, p. 105, p. 106, p. 107, p. 109, p. 110, p. 113, p. 114, p. 115, p. 117, p. 118, p. 120, p. 121, p. 122, p. 123, p. 126, p. 126, p. 128, p. 130, p. 130, p. 133, p. 134, p. 135, p. 141, p. 141, p. 142, p. 148, p. 153, p. 158, p. 172, p. 173, p. 175, p. 179, p. 179, p. 196, p. 219, p. 25, p. 50, p. 72, p. 74, p. 74, p. 82, p. 86, p. 89, p. 99, p. 99.
- The carnivorous plants, by Francis Ernest Lloyd. .. Waltham, Mass., Chronica Botanica Company, 1942. url p. 254, p. 261, p. 270.
- Transactions and proceedings and report of the Royal Society of South Australia. Adelaide, Australia: The Society, 1880-1889. url p. 292, p. 65.
- Transactions and proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. [Edinburgh]: The Society, 1891-1970. url p. 343.
- Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. Adelaide, Australia: The Society, 1890-1904. url p. 84.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 4, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 04, 2007:
- Australian National Herbarium
- , Australian National Herbarium
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5968978
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13794537
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:526715-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 162108-3
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 899230
Footnotes
- Mean = 429.690 meters (1,409.744 feet), Standard Deviation = 385.220 based on 157 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
