Utricularia intermedia

Utricularia intermedia, the flatleaf bladderwort[1] or intermediate bladderwort[2] is a small, perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is usually found affixed to the substrate but it can also survive suspended in a body of water. U. intermedia is a circumboreal species and is found in North America, Asia, and Europe.[3]

Utricularia intermedia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Utricularia
Subgenus: Utricularia subg. Utricularia
Section: Utricularia sect. Utricularia
Species:
U. intermedia
Binomial name
Utricularia intermedia
Synonyms
  • Lentibularia intermedia
    (Hayne) Nieuwl. & Lunell
  • U. alpina Georgi
  • U. grafiana Koch
  • U. media Schum.
  • U. millefolium Nutt. ex Tuck.

See also

References
  1. "Utricularia intermedia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  2. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  3. Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.


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