Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Bladderwort
Description
Physical Description
Size/Age/Growth
Size: under 6" tall.
Habitat
Ecology:
This perennial
carnivore is not a true wetland species. It often
grows on wet vertical
rocks, betweeen 20-1200 m
above sea level,
near waterfalls
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 2 Savanna
- 2.2 Savanna - Moist
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) [more info]
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:
sandersonii
- Oliv.
- Botanical name: - Utricularia sandersonii Oliv.
- Specific epithet:
sandersonii
- Oliv.
- 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
: Oliver Publication
: Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. (1867)
155.
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)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Conn, B.J., Brown, E.A. and Fairley, A.T. 2004. Utricularia sandersonii (Lentibulariaceae), a new record for Australia. Telopea 10(4): 811-814.
- Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.
- IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).
- South African National Biodiversity Institute. 2007. PRE (National Herbarium, Pretoria) Computerised Information System.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 4, 2012.
- Cholo, F., Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2010. Utricularia sandersonii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 14, 2008:
- National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW herbarium collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5968993
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15575909
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:527080-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 527080-1
- IUCN ID: 248192
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 972268
Footnotes
- Cholo, F., Foden, W. & Potter, L. 2010. Utricularia sandersonii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
