2.17. Utricularia myriocista A.St.-Hil. & Girard, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences 7(21): 869 (1838). [Figs. 2 and 7C].

Hydrophyte. Submerged, verticillate capillary leaves. Traps with a central fascicle of glandular-stipitate trichomes. Inflated and flexible scape. Basifixed bracts, entire margins, absent bracteoles. Ascending pedicels in fruits. Sepals with inconspicuous nerves, plan and entire margins. Magenta corolla, white and yellow non-gibbous palate, trilobed lower lip with saccate lateral lobes, curved and acute spur, longer than and parallel to the lower lip. Longitudinally dehiscing capsule.

Selected material:— s.l., s.d., fl. and fr., J.S. Blanchet 1519 (P original material); Alcobaça, 2 km após o trevo de Alcobaça, 25 December 1998, fl., C.P. Bove 378 (R); Belmonte, fazenda Belmonte, 04 August 2006, fl., E.P. Queiroz 1785 (HRB); Camaçari, Lagoa de Arembepe, 13 October 2000, fl. and fr., D.L. Santana 115 (ALCB) ; Caravelas, estrada para o Aeroporto de Caravelas após 3 km, 24 December 1998, fl., C.P. Bove 374 (R); Entre Rios, Subauma, 20 April 2002, fl. and fr., M.L. Guedes 9553 (ALCB) ; Maraú, Estrada de terra Itacaré-Barra Grande, 22 July 2015, fl., P.C. Baleeiro 381 (SPF) ; Mata de São João, Laguna Grande, Sauípe, 02 May 2004, fl. and fr., E.P. Queiroz 563 (HRB) ; Porto Seguro, Trancoso, 20 November 2013, fl., P.C. Baleeiro 358 (SPF) ; Salvador, Parque Metropolitano de Pituaçu, 12 July 2018, fl. and fr., F.M. Guedes 115 (UFP) ; Santa Cruz de Cabrália, Santo André, 02 November 2003, fl. and fr., M.L. Guedes 10665 (ALCB) ; Una, Estrada Una-Olivença, 30 December 1998, fl. and fr., C.P. Bove 385 (R) .

Comments:— Utricularia myriocista can be confused with U. cucullata (see comments section in this species). In Bahia state, this species is found only in areas of restinga.