Pan India Bouquets

Utricularia recta P.Taylor

Family : Lentibulariaceae
(Bladderwort Family)
Family (Hindi name) : UTRICULARIA FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : Lentibulariaceae
Synonym(s) : Utricularia scandens subsp. firmula (Oliv.) Z.Y.Li; Utricularia scandens var. firmula (Oliv.) Subr. & L.K.Banerjee
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Utricularia recta P.Taylor
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Shallow pond, moss on boulders in Fir forest, marshy, peaty turf, edge of stream; 1400 - 3350 m. altitude
Key identification features : Upper lip of corolla shorter than upper calyx lobe; calyx lobes finely acuminate; pedicels very slender, ascending in fruit; plant temperate to alpine
Flower, Fruit : June-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to China (North-West Yunnan)
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 191; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1339-1340
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Utricularia recta. Downloaded on 2 July 2022.