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Utricularia stellaris
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| Synonyms: |
Utricularia inflexa Forsk. var. stellaris (L. f.) P. Taylor |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Aquatic canivorous herb. Stolons up to 1 m × 2.5 mm, internodes 5-20 mm. Leaves numerous, digitately divided into 3-6 primary segments, 1-6 cm long, repeatedly forked again into filiform segments. Traps numerous on the ultimate and penultimate leaf segment, broadly ovoid, shortly stalked, 1-3 mm long. A whorl of inflated floating leaves present on the upper half of the inflorescence peduncle, 0.5-20 mm long, ellipsoid, 2-4 times as long as wide, with a few reduced leaf-segments at the apex. Inflorescence 3-30 cm long, 2-16-flowered. Corolla 2-lipped, 7-10 mm long, yellow, often with reddish lines on the palate; upper lip broadly ovate, 1.5-2 times as long as the upper calyx lobe; spur cylindrical, more or less as long as the lower lip. Fruit a globose capsule, c.5 mm in diameter. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | stellaris: star-shaped |
| Habitat: | In still or slow flowing water in lakes, rivers or marshes. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 1700 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius and Comoro Islands, India to Vietnam and northern Australia. |
| Malawi distribution: | C,S |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Pages 187 - 188. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 57. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 80. Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 386 - 387. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 58. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 72. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 80. Taylor, P. (1964). The genus Utricularia L. in Africa (South of the Sahara) and Madagascar Kew Bulletin 18(1) Pages 188 - 197. as Utricularia inflexa var. stellaris (Includes a picture). Taylor, P. (1988). Lentibulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(3) Pages 30 - 31. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 216. |
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