Utricularia subulata L.

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1967. The botany of the Guayana Highland--Part VII. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 17: 1-439.

  • Family

    Lentibulariaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Utricularia subulata L.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Damp savannas and similar types of vegetation, from Nova Scotia to Argentina, throughout tropical Africa and in Madagascar, Siam and Borneo. Common throughout the Guayana area from sea level to over alt 2000 m. The most widespread of all terrestrial Utricularia species and often confused with the related U. pusilla, U. flaccida and U. triloba (see note by P. Taylor, Kew Bull. 18: 18,19. 1964.

  • Discussion

    U. pumila Benj., Linnaea 20: 313. 1847. Type. North America, Enslen (W).

    Type. U.S.A., Virginia, Clayton (holotype BM).

  • Distribution

    Damp savannas and similar types of vegetation, from Nova Scotia to Argentina, throughout tropical Africa and in Madagascar, Siam and Borneo. Common throughout the Guayana area from sea level to over alt 2000 m. The most widespread of all terrestrial Utricularia species and often confused with the related U. pusilla, U. flaccida and U. triloba (see note by P. Taylor, Kew Bull. 18: 18,19. 1964.

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