Utricularia striatula J. E. Smith
Utricularia striatula J. E. Smith
Utricularia striatula J. E. Smith
Utricularia striatula J. E. Smith
Utricularia striatula J. E. Smith
MH268 : Utricularia striatula J. E. Smith
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Lemnopsis mnioides Zipp.;
Meloneura purpurea Raf.;
Meloneura striatula (Sm.) Barnhart;
Utricularia anthropophora Ridl.;
Utricularia glochidiata Wight;
Utricularia harlandii Oliv. ex Benth.;
Utricularia orbiculata Wall. ex A. DC.; Utricularia philetas Good;
Utricularia pusilla J. Graham;
Utricularia pusilla J. Graham;
Utricularia rosulata Benj.;
Utricularia striatula var. minor Ridl.; Utricularia taikankoensis Yamam.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Striped Bladderwort • Marathi: Chire-papni |
| Plant Family | : | Lentibulariaceae |
| Description | : | Herbs; rhizoids up to 2.5 cm long, simple, few or altogether absent; stolons up to 9 cm long, simple, rarely branched, glandular. Foliar organs with pseudopetiole up to 15 mm long, orbicular to obovate, rosulate at scape base, scattered on stolons, expanded portion up to 5 mm across, veins dichotomously branched. Traps up to 1.5 mm across, globose to obliquely ovoid; mouth lateral; appendages glandular hairy, on expanded, divergent upper lip. Racemes up to 18 mm long, erect, often zigzag, glabrous, up to 10 flowered; scales if present 1-1.5 mm long, medifixed; bracts 0.6-2 mm long, medifixed, constricted at middle, limbs unequal; bracteoles 0.7-1.5 mm long, medifixed, limbs unequal. Flowers up to 10 mm long; pedicels 1.5-7 mm long, filiform, spreading or recurved in fruit, papillose at least in fruiting. Calyx-lobes unequal, papillose; upper lobe 1.2-4 x 2-4 mm, obovate to obcordate, emarginate, truncate or obtuse at apex; lower lobe 0.6-2 x 0.4-2 mm, oblong to ovate, truncate, notched or rounded at apex. Corolla pink, lilac, violet, white to variously tinged, often yellow-blotched near base; upper lip 0.6-2 mm across, semiorbicular to deltoid, bidentate, truncate or irregular at apex; lower lip 3-7 x 3-10 mm, 3-or 5-lobed, throat hairy, base raised or flat, rounded or truncate at apices of lobes; spur 1-6 mm long, cylindrical or conical, rarely reduced to a mound, obtuse, acute or retuse at apex. Stamens up to 1.2 mm long; filaments strap-shaped, curved; anther thecae subdistinct. Pistil up to 1.2 mm long; ovary obliquely ovoid, attached to base of upper calyx-lobe; style distinct; stigma 2-lipped, lower lip oblong to semiorbicular, upper lip obsolete. Capsules 1.5-3.5 mm long, obliquely ovoid, attached to upper calyx-lobe, keeled in ventral side, dehisce by a longitudinal ventral slit; palcenta c 1 x 0.6 mm, flask-shaped; seeds 0.3-0.4 mm long, clavate, cylindrical or oblongoid, attached radially to placentum, glochidiate. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | On wet rocks in grasslands |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | IUCN Red List - Least concern |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asterids |
| Order | : Lamiales |
| Family | : Lentibulariaceae |
| Genus | : Utricularia |
| Species | : Utricularia striatula J. E. Smith |