List of Utricularia species

There are around 240 species in the genus Utricularia, belonging to the bladderwort family (Lentibulariaceae). It is the largest genus of carnivorous plants and has a worldwide distribution, being absent only from Antarctica and the oceanic islands. This genus was considered to have 250 species until Peter Taylor reduced the number to 214 in his exhaustive study, The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph, published by HMSO (1989). Taylor's classification is generally accepted, though his division of the genus into two subgenera was soon seen as obsolete. Molecular genetic studies have mostly confirmed Taylor's sections with some modifications (Jobson et al., 2003), but reinstalled the division of the genus in three subgenera. This list follows the subgeneric classification sensu Müller & Borsch (2005), updated with new information in Müller et al. (2006).

For a list of known Utricularia species by common name, see Utricularia species by common name.

Subgenus Bivalvaria

Section Aranella

Section Australes

Section Avesicarioides

Section Benjaminia

Utricularia nana

Section Calpidisca

Section Enskide

Section Lloydia

Utricularia pubescens

Section Minutae

Utricularia simmonsii^[1]

Section Nigrescentes

Section Oligocista

Section Phyllaria

Section Stomoisia

Subgenus Polypompholyx

Section Pleiochasia

Section Lasiocaules^[2]

Section Polypompholyx

Section Tridentaria

Utricularia westonii

Subgenus Utricularia

Section Avesicaria

Section Candollea

Utricularia podadena

Section Chelidon

Utricularia mannii

Section Choristothecae

Section Foliosa

Section Kamienskia

Section Lecticula

Section Martinia

Utricularia tenuissima

Section Meionula

Section Mirabiles

Section Nelipus

Section Oliveria

Utricularia appendiculata

Section Orchidioides

Section Setiscapella

Section Sprucea

Utricularia viscosa

Section Steyermarkia

Section Stylotheca

Utricularia guyanensis

Section Utricularia

Section Vesiculina

Notes

^ Lowrie et al. (2008) notes the placement of section Minutae appears, morphologically, to be closer to subgenus Bivalvaria. This was confirmed by a molecular study (Reut & Jobson, 2010)
^ Section Pleiochasia was divided into two sections (Pleiochasia and Lasiocaules) based upon molecular data in a phylogenetic study on subgenus Polypompholyx (Jobson et al., 2017).

References

Lowrie A, Cowie ID, and Conran JG. (2008). A new species and section of Utricularia (Lentibulariaceae) from northern Australia. Telopea, 12(1): 31-46.
Jobson RW, Playford J, Cameron KM, Albert VA. (2003). Molecular phylogenetics of Lentibulariaceae inferred from plastid rps16 intron and trnLF DNA sequences: implications for character evolution and biogeography. Systematic Botany, 28(1): 157-171. doi:10.1043/0363-6445-28.1.157
Jobson RW, Baleeiro PC, Reut MS (2017). Molecular phylogeny of subgenus Polypompholyx (Utricularia; Lentibulariaceae) based on three plastid markers: diversification and proposal for a new section. Australian Systematic Botany, 30: 259-278. https://doi.org/10.1071/SB17003
Jobson RW, Baleeiro PC, Barrett MD (2018). Six new species of Utricularia (Lentibulariaceae) from Northern Australia. Telopea, 21: 57-77. https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea12630
Müller KF and Borsch T. (2005). Phylogenetics of Utricularia (Lentibulariaceae) and molecular evolution of the trnK intron in a lineage with high substitutional rates. Plant Systematics and Evolution, 250: 39-67. doi:10.1007/s00606-004-0224-1
Müller KF, Borsch T, Legendre L, Porembski S, and Barthlott W. (2006). Recent progress in understanding the evolution of carnivorous Lentibulariaceae (Lamiales). Plant Biology, 8: 748-757. doi:10.1055/s-2006-924706
Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London. ISBN 0-947643-72-9

External links

A large Utricularia photo gallery

[Minutae_note-1] Lowrie et al. (2008) notes the placement of section Minutae appears, morphologically, to be closer to subgenus Bivalvaria. This was confirmed by a molecular study (Reut & Jobson, 2010)

[2] Section Pleiochasia was divided into two sections (Pleiochasia and Lasiocaules) based upon molecular data in a phylogenetic study on subgenus Polypompholyx (Jobson et al., 2017).

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v t e Carnivorous and protocarnivorous plants
Carnivorous genera († extinct)	Aldrovanda †Archaeamphora? Brocchinia Byblis Catopsis Cephalotus Darlingtonia Dionaea Drosera †Droserapites †Droserapollis †Droseridites Drosophyllum †Fischeripollis Genlisea Heliamphora Nepenthes †Palaeoaldrovanda? Philcoxia Pinguicula Roridula Sarracenia †Saxonipollis Triantha Triphyophyllum Utricularia
Protocarnivorous genera	Aracamunia Capsella Colura Dipsacus Drymocallis Geranium Ibicella Lathraea Paepalanthus Passiflora Plumbago Proboscidea Stylidium
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