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Lentibulariaceae - Bladderwort family
Taylor, P. (1988) Lentibulariaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(3)
Description of the family
Carnivorous herbs, usually occurring in wet places, all with specialised organs (traps) for the capture of small organisms. Stipules 0. Leaves rosulate or scattered on stolons, entire or divided. Inflorescence pedunculate, racemose, bracteate, or solitary, scapose. Bracteoles 2 or 0 or ± connate with the bract, usually at base of pedicels. Flowers bisexual, zygomorphic. Calyx 2-4 or 5-partite. Corolla gamopetalous, 2-lipped, usually spurred, usually violet or yellow; tube short; upper lip entire or 2(-more)-lobed; lower lip entire or 2-5-lobed, usually with a raised ± gibbous palate. Stamens 2. Ovary superior, 1-locular, with free-central placentation; carpels 2. Fruit a capsule, 1-many-seeded. Worldwide: 3 genera and 245 species, cosmopolitan. Zimbabwe: 2 genera and 19 taxa. |
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Links to genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family
| Genus | Content |
| Genlisea A. St.-Hil. | Description, Image |
| Utricularia L. | Description, Image |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): LentibulariaceaeBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lentibulariaceae
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lentibulariaceae
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lentibulariaceae
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