Utricularia limosa

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Utricularia limosa

Description

Terrestrial. Inflorescence erect, up to 25 cm long; Ovary globose, style short, stigma lower lip orbicular, upper lip obsolete. Capsule globose, c. 2 mm long, membranous, dehiscing by a longitudinal ventral marginally thickened slit, the thickened area before dehiscence apically acute, broader and emarginate at the base. Seeds numerous, globose or slightly angular, c. 0.25 mm long, testa thin, coarsely reticulate, reticulation ± isodiametric.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); New Guinea present; Thailand (Thailand present), Australasia
Indo-China, Thailand, and Australia; in Malesia: Malay Peninsula and New Guinea.

Notes

U. limosa belongs to a small, very distinct group of species, the others in the group being apparently confined to Australia.

Citation

PELLEGR. 1930 – In: Fl. Gén. I.-C.: 484
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 1000
SPARE 1940 – In: Mal. Nat. J.: 90
BENJ. 1923 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 493
OLIVER 1859 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Lond. Bot.: 184
Ridl. 1911 – In: J. Str. Br. R. As. Soc.: 144
SPECHT 1958 – In: Arnhem Land Exped.: 302
Ridl. 1893 – In: Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond.: 327
PRAIN 1905 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 372
BTH. 1869 – In: Fl. Austr.: 531
Clarke 1884 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 333
BOERL. 1899 – In: Handl.: genus 559