Utricularia erectiflora A.St.-Hil. & Girard
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Authority
Maguire, Bassett. 1967. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part VII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17: 1-439.
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Family
Lentibulariaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Distribution and Ecology - Sandy margins of pools and damp savannas at low altitudes, British Honduras, Venezuela, British Guiana and Brazil south to Santa Catarina. VENEZUELA. Bolivar: Gran Sabana, Divina Pastora, Tamayo 2443 (VEN); 2 km E of Rio Orinoco between Rio Horeda and Cerro Gavilan (Cerro Cari-chana), alt 100 m, Wurdack & Monachino 39960 (K, NY). BRITISH GUIANA. Rupununi River, 20 miles NE of Lethem, alt 90 m, Cook 257 (K) ; Kanuku Mountains, Iramaipang, alt 900 m, Wilson-Browne 584 (K).
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Discussion
Utricularia meyeri Pilger, Bot. Jahrb. 30: 194. 1901. Type. Brazil, Matto Grosso, H. Meyer 730 (? B†).
Utricularia spicata Sylven, Ark. Bot. Stockh. 8(6): 14. 1908. Type. Brazil, Matto Grosso, Malme II 3511 (S).
Type. Brazil, Espirito Santo, Guapari, St. Hilaire s.n. (holotype P, isotype K)
Now that more material is available the differences between U. meyeri Pilger and U- spicata Sylven given by Sylven no longer hold and an examination of the type of U. erectiflora proves it to be the same. There is a considerable variation in the number and size of the flowers, as in many Utricularia species.
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Distribution
Sandy margins of pools and damp savannas at low altitudes, British Honduras, Venezuela, British Guiana and Brazil south to Santa Catarina.
Venezuela South America| Guyana South America| Honduras Central America| Brazil South America|