Utricularia dichotoma

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Utricularia dichotoma
Utricularia dichotoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Lentibulariaceae Genus: Utricularia Subgenus: Polypompholyx Section: Pleiochasia Species: U. dichotoma
Binomial name
Utricularia dichotoma Labill. (1804)
Synonyms
Pleiochasia dichotoma (Labill.) Barnh. (1916) Utricularia billardieri F.Muell. (1868) nom.illeg. Utricularia canacorum Pellegr. (1920) Utricularia colensoi Hook.f. (1853) Utricularia dichotoma var. uniflora (R.Br.) Benth. (1869) [=U. uniflora] Utricularia linearifolia Benj. (1847) [=U. dichotoma/U. inaequalis] Utricularia monathos Hook.f. (1860) Utricularia moorei F.E.Lloyd (1936) Utricularia novae-zelandiae Hook.f. (1853) Utricularia oppositiflora R.Br. (1810) Utricularia oppositifolia Spreng. (1824) sphalm.typogr. Utricularia rotundifolia auct. non Merl ex Luetz.: F.E.Lloyd (1937) nom.nud. Utricularia speciosa R.Br. (1810) Utricularia subsimilis Colenso (1884) Utricularia vulcanica Colenso (1894)

Utricularia dichotoma is a variable, perennial species of terrestrial bladderwort.The specific epithet is Latin for "dividing into pairs" and refers to the double arrangement of flowers which this species often displays.^[1]

[edit] Distribution and habitat

This species has a large range and is native to New Caledonia, Australia (where it is present in all territories except Northern Territory and ACT) and New Zealand.^[1] Here it is present in the North Island, South Island and Stewart Island - this being the most southerly location at which a member of this genus occurs.^[1]

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