Victoria 2020: Part 2. The Grampians
In the last months of 2020, I ventured into the Victorian countryside to document the carnivorous plants that grow there. I found several newly described taxa and learned so much…
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Utricularia biloba
Utricularia biloba is an affixed aquatic bladderwort native to the east coast of Australia. The species is named for its lower corolla lip, which is split into two lobes. Utricularia…
Utricularia dichotoma subsp. dichotoma
Utricularia dichotoma subsp. dichotoma is one of eight subspecies within the U. dichotoma species complex identified by Jobson et al. 2020. The taxon is mainly distributed in highland regions of…
Victoria 2020: Part 1. The Wimmera
In the last months of 2020, I ventured into the Victorian countryside to document the carnivorous plants that grow there. I found several newly described taxa and learned so much…
Utricularia beaugleholei subsp. orientalis
A recent taxonomic revision by Jobson (2020) found that the taxon previously referred to as the 'tuber forming variety of U. dichotoma' was actually genetically related to U. beaugleholei. This…
Utricularia barkeri
Utricularia barkeri is an emergent terrestrial bladderwort that is native to south eastern Australia. It was formally described by Jobson in 2013 and is often confused with other members of…
Utricularia uniflora
Utricularia uniflora is a terrestrial species of bladderwort native to New South Wales and Tasmania on Australia's east coast. A typical flower of U. uniflora. Note the palate, which has…
Utricularia menziesii
Utricularia menziesii is a distinctive terrestrial species of bladderwort endemic to south west Western Australia. The plants grow large red blooms with a long underhanging corolla spur that is remeniscent…
Utricularia oppositiflora
Utricularia oppositiflora was originally described by Robert Brown in 1810 but was subsequently synonymised with U. dichotoma. A 2020 paper by Jobson & Baleeiro systematically analysed the genetics and morphology…
Utricularia grampiana in fog
Water droplets collect on the flowers of Utricularia grampiana during a foggy morning on Mt William.