Utricularia striatula

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Utricularia striatula

Description

Epiphytic or terrestrial. Inflorescence erect, 1-15 cm long; Ovary globose, style short but distinct, stigma lower lip semi-orbicular, upper obsolete. Capsule ± globose, obliquely dorsiven-trally compressed, membranous, obscurely ven-trally keeled, dehiscing by a ventral longitudinal slit. Seeds few, pyriform or obovoid, c. 0.25 mm long, hilum terminal, prominent, testa smooth, bearing, especially distally, numerous unicellular apically glochidiate processes.

Distribution

Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical: India present, Madagascar absent, Tropical Africa present
Tropical Africa (but apparently absent from Madagascar), widespread from India to China, Indo-China and throughout Malesia.

Citation

GOEBEL 1890 – In: Ann. Jard. Bot. Btzg: 68
A.DC. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 467
GAMBLE 1924 – In: Fl. Madras: 983
FORBES & HEMSL. 1890 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Lond. Bot.: 224
TRIMEN 1895 – In: Handb. Fl. Ceyl.: 271
SPARE 1940 – In: Mal. Nat. J.: 88
P. TAYLOR 1963 – In: Hutch. & Dalz., Fl. W. Trop. Afr., ed. 2, 2: 378
HAND.-MAZZ. 1936 – In: Symb. Sin.: 872
J.SM. 1964 – In: Kew Bull.: 91
STAPF 1894 – In: Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond.: 211
STEEN. 1932: Arch. Hydrobiol: 333: f. 8 IV
MELCHIOR 1929 – In: Bot. Jahrb.: 384
FORBES & HEMSL. 1890 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Lond. Bot.: 223
P. TAYLOR 1968 – In: Dansk Bot. Ark.: 532
Clarke 1884 – In: Fl. Br. Ind.: 334
Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 189
PELLEGR. 1930 – In: Fl. Gén. I.-C.: 474
H. J. LAM 1945 – In: Blumea: 582
BAKH.F. 1949 – In: Back., Bekn. Fl. Java, (em. ed.), 8: fam. 194, p. 2
Merr. 1921: En. Born.: 538
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 1000
Ridl. 1923 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 495
SANTAPAU 1950 – In: J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc.: 220
Ridl. 1911 – In: J. Str. Br. R. As. Soc.: 144
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