Utricularia caerulea

Content

Description

Terrestrial. Inflorescence erect, 5-30 cm long; Ovary ovoid, style variably in length, usually distinct, stigma lower lip orbicular, upper lip minute, deltoid. Capsule globose, c. 2 mm long, firm, opaque, dehiscing by a ventral longitudinal slit. Seeds numerous, obliquely oblong-ellipsoid, c. 0.3 mm long, testa thin, smooth to distinctly papillose, obscurely reticulate, reticulations elongate.

Distribution

Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical: India present; Sulawesi (Sulawesi absent), Australasia, Japan present, Kangean Is present, Lesser Sunda Is absent

India to China and Japan and Australia; in Malesia: not recorded from the Lesser Sunda Is. (but present in Kangean Is.) or Celebes, but otherwise widespread and common.

Notes

This is an excessively variable plant in which the extreme forms, often of quite distinct appearance, are linked by intermediates.

Citation

A.DC. 1844 – In: DC., Prod. 8. p 21

STAPF 1917 – In: Gibbs, Arfak. p 180

BURM. f. 1768: Fl. Ind. p 11

VAHL 1912 – In: Philip. J. Sc. Bot. 247

PELLEGR. 1930 – In: Fl. Gén. I.-C. p 485

SPARE 1940 – In: Mal. Nat. J. p 90

BTH. 1869 – In: Fl. Austr. p 531

WALP. 1911 – In: J. Str. Br. R. As. Soc. p 144

BAKH.F. 1949 – In: Back., Bekn. Fl. Java, (em. ed.), 8. fam. 194, p. 3

GAMBLE 1924 – In: Fl. Madras. p 983

OLIVER 1859 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Lond. Bot. p 186

WIGHT 1850: IC. t. 1584(1)

MELCHIOR 1929 – In: Bot. Jahrb. p 383

SPECHT 1958 – In: Arnhem Land Exped. p 300

PELLEGR. 1930 – In: Fl. Gén. I.-C. p 487

FORBES & HEMSL. 1890 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Lond. Bot. p 224

PELLEGR. 1930 – In: Fl. Gén. I.-C. p 485

P. TAYLOR 1968 – In: Dansk Bot. Ark. p 530

PELLEGR. 1930 – In: Fl. Gén. I.-C. p 487

Merr. 1912: Fl. Manila. p 433

WIGHT 1850: IC. t. 1583

BACK. 1931: Onkr. Suiker. p 636

PRAIN 1905 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng. p 373

Ridl. 1923: p. 495. – In: Fl. Mal. Pen. f. 122

Clarke 1884 – In: Fl. Br. Ind. p 333

HAND.-MAZZ. 1936 – In: Symb. Sin. p 873

BACK. & BAKH. f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java. p 518

Ridl. 1893 – In: Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. p 327

Merr. 1937 – In: J. Arn. Arb. p 73

WALP. 1900 – In: J. Str. Br. R. As. Soc. p 119

HEND. 1928 – In: Gard. Bull. S. S. p 295

Merr. 1921: En. Born. p 538

Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat. p 999

PRAIN 1905 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng. p 373

WIGHT 1850: IC. t. 1582

BOERL. 1899 – In: Handl. genus 559

OLIVER 1859 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Lond. Bot. p 186

VAHL 1923 – In: En. Philip. p 466

SANTAPAU 1950 – In: J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. p 217

Merr. 1927 – In: Lingn. Sc. J. p 167

PELLEGR. 1930 – In: Fl. Gén. I.-C. p 486