''Utricularia floridana'', the Florida yellow bladderwort,
is a large affixed aquatic
carnivorous plant
Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans
Protozoa (singular: protozoan or protozoon; alternative plural: protozoans) are a group of single-celled eukaryot ...
in the ''
bladderwort genus'' within the
bladderwort family). It is a
perennial plant that is
endemic to southeastern
United States (
Florida,
Georgia,
Alabama, and the
Carolinas
The Carolinas are the U.S. states of North Carolina and South Carolina, considered collectively. They are bordered by Virginia to the north, Tennessee to the west, and Georgia to the southwest. The Atlantic Ocean is to the east.
Combining Nort ...
).
[Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus ''Utricularia'' - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.][Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States Dicotyledons 1–944. Univ. Georgia Press, Athens.]
See also
*
List of ''Utricularia'' species
References
External links
photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Lake County in Florida, isotype of ''Utricularia floridana''Atlas of Florida Vascular PlantsNia Wellendorf, 2011. How to Distinguish the Aquatic Bladderworts. Department of Environmental Protection, Standards and Assessment Section
photos of several species and discussion of identification criteria
description and photos
Carnivorous plants of North America
Plants described in 1896
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Aquatic plants
floridana
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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