Lentibulariaceae
Bladderwort Family
The Lentibulariaceae family (Bladderwort Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Lamiales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 17 species. Its members are predominantly herbs. Several members are valued in traditional medicine. Familiar examples include White-Blue Bladderwort, Bladderwort and Babu Bladderwort.
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Rootless or nearly rootless aquatic and marsh herbs that trap tiny prey in bladder-like suction traps (Utricularia) or on sticky glandular leaves (Pinguicula); bilaterally symmetrical flowers with a spurred, two-lipped corolla rise above the water or mud on a slender stalk.
One of the few fully carnivorous plant families — its underwater bladder traps are among the fastest-moving structures known in plants, snapping shut in under a millisecond to suck in prey.
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Typical leaf characters
- ArrangementBasal
- TypeVariable
- MarginVariable
- VenationVariable
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Notable members
All 17 species in LENTIBULARIACEAE
- White-Blue BladderwortUtricularia albocaerulea
- BladderwortUtricularia australis
- Babu BladderwortUtricularia babui
- Bifid Bladder-WortUtricularia bifida
- Blue BladderwortUtricularia caerulea
- Humped BladderwortUtricularia exoleta
- Grass-Leaved Bladder-WortUtricularia graminifolia
- Lazuli BladderwortUtricularia lazulina
- Tiny BladderwortUtricularia praeterita
- Net-Veined BladderwortUtricularia reticulata
- Climbing BladderwortUtricularia scandens
- Star BladderwortUtricularia stellaris
- Striped BladderwortUtricularia striatula
- Asian BladderwortUtricularia uliginosa
- Utricularia arcuata
- Utricularia janarthanamii
- Utricularia purpurascens
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