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Utricularia firmula

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Type of Utricularia firmula Welw. ex Oliv. [family LENTIBULARIACEAE]
Holotype of Utricularia firmula Welw. ex Oliv. [family LENTIBULARIACEAE]
Isotype of Utricularia firmula Oliv. [family LENTIBULARIACEAE]
Type of Utricularia firmula Welw. ex Oliv. [family LENTIBULARIACEAE]
Filed as Utricularia firmula Welw. ex Oliv. [family LENTIBULARIACEAE]
Type of Utricularia firmula Welw. ex Oliv. [family LENTIBULARIACEAE]
Filed as Utricularia firmula Welw. Ex Oliv. [family LENTIBULARIACEAE]
Isotype of Utricularia firmula Oliv. [family LENTIBULARIACEAE]
Type of Utricularia firmula Welw. ex Oliv. [family LENTIBULARIACEAE]
Isotype of Utricularia firmula Welw. ex Oliv. [family LENTIBULARIACEAE]
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Identification
Utricularia firmula Welw. ex Oliv. [family LENTIBULARIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Utricularia firmula

Flora

Entry for UTRICULARIA firmula Oliv. [family LENTIBULARIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1973) Author: P. TAYLOR
Names
UTRICULARIA firmula Oliv. [family LENTIBULARIACEAE], in J.L.S. 9:152 (1865); Stapf in F.T.A. 4 (2): 479 (1906); P. Taylor in F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 2: 378 (1963) & in K.B. 18: 151 (1964) & in Fl. Afr. Centr., Lentib.: 16, t. 3 (1972). Type: Angola, Welwitsch 262 (LISU, holo.!, BM, COI, G, K, P, iso.!)
Information
Terrestrial herb. Rhizoids and stolons capillary, numerous from the base of the scape. Leaves scattered on the stolons, narrowly obovate-spathulate, 2–20 mm. long, ± 1 mm. wide, 1-nerved. Traps numerous, ovoid, 0.15– 0.3 mm. long, stalked, the stalk ± as long as the trap; mouth terminal; upper lip projecting, fringed with 2–10 glandular hairs. Inflorescence stiffly erect, simple or sometimes branched above, 2–36 cm. high; scape relatively thick and rigid, glabrous; flowers (1–)10–20(–50); scales numerous, especially below, similar to the bracts; bracts basifixed, ovate-deltoid, reflexed; bracteoles lanceolate, erect; pedicels erect, 0.2–0.5 mm. long. Calyx-lobes subequal, orbicular, very concave, apex emarginate or shortly 2–3-denticulate. Corolla pale yellow, 3.5–6 mm. long, persistent; upper lip broadly ovate, apex emarginate, ±1.5 times as long as the upper calyx-lobe; lower lip longer, orbicular in outline, distinctly 3-lobed; palate slightly raised; spur subulate, 2.5–3.5 times as long as the lower lip. Filaments filiform, curved; antherthecae ± confluent. Ovary ovoid; style very short; stigma lower lip rounded, upper lip minute, deltoid. Capsule globose, ±1.2 mm. long, dehiscing by ab- and adaxial ovate-lanceolate pores. Seeds numerous, narrowly truncate-conical; testa smooth, cells indistinct, elongate.
Range
DISTR. U1, 3; K3, 7; T4–8; Z; P throughout tropical and subtropical Africa and in Madagascar
Altitude range
sea-level to 1860 m.
Distribution
KENYA Trans-Nzoia District Kitale, 18 Sept. 1956, Bogdan 4300 !KENYA Uasin Gishu District Kipkarren, Mar. 1932, Brodhurst Hill 715 !KENYA Kwale District Shimba Hills, 17 Mar. 1968, Magogo & Glover 321 !TANGANYIKA Mpanda District Kasimba, July 1951, Eggeling 6168 !TANGANYIKA Rufiji District Mafia I., 7 Aug. 1936, FitzGerald 5218!TANGANYIKA Songea District 6.5 km. W. of Songea, 3 May 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 9882 !UGANDA Acholi District Kilak Hill, 19 Nov. 1941, A. S. Thomas 4050 !UGANDA Mbale District Sipi, 31 Aug. 1932, A. S. Thomas 456 !ZANZIBAR Zanzibar I., Kama Swamp, 4 Sept. 1963, Faulkner 3268 !

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