Aldrovanda vesiculosa L.

Aldrovanda vesiculosa L.

Synonymy

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    Taxon info

    Aldrovanda vesiculosa is a submerged water plant, widespread in subtropical regions but rare and scattered in Europe. It was collected by Pavlides in Lake Mikri Prespa in 1984 and re-discovered in 2011, growing at the outer edge of reed beds with, among others, Myriophyllum spicatum, Nymphaea alba and Utricularia spp. It had been collected in 1908 in the Axios plain near Jannitsa, but this locality is now drained. Aldrovanda is a carnivorous plant; some leaf lobes are transformed into small bladders, which can close rapidly to entrap and digest small water animals (cf. Utricularia). Two species of Drosera (D. anglica and D. rotundifolia) occur in Greece; also carnivorous, both are rare and confined to marshy habitats in the N border mountains.A
    A. Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. 31: p. 336 [Plate 10.2]

    Distribution

    GR(NC

    Greece (North Central Greece present)

    Status

    Native / Non Range-Restricted

    Chorology

    Cosmopolitan

    Life-form

    Aquatic

    Habitat

    Freshwater habitats

    IUCN category

    Endangered

    Presidential Decree 67/81

    No

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