Utricularia trichophylla Spruce ex Oliv., 1860

Guedes, Felipe Martins, Miranda, Vitor Fernandes Oliveira & Alves, Marccus, 2022, Diversity and distribution of Lentibulariaceae in Bahia state, Brazil: implications for phytogeography and conservation, Phytotaxa 556 (3), pp. 213-255 : 242-243

2.32. Utricularia trichophylla Spruce ex Oliv. , Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 4: 173 (1860). [ Figs. 2 and 7 U-V].

Terrestrial or helophyte. Aerial/submerged pinnatifid leaves. Slender and flexible scape. Peltate bracts, entire margins, absent bracteoles. Ascending pedicels in fruits. Sepals with inconspicuous nerves, plan and entire margins. Yellow corolla, gibbous palate, trilobed lower lip, straight and subulate/bifid/quadrifid spur, as long as and parallel to the lower lip. Capsule dehiscing by a ventral pore.

Selected material:— Camaçari , 14 August 2003, fl. and fr., F. Rivadavia 1688 ( SPF) ; Entre Rios, Areial , 31 October 2012, fl. and fr., A.V. Popovkin 1257 ( HUEFS) ; Lençóis, Estrada entre Lençóis e Seabra , 15 February 1994, fl. and fr., R.M. Harley 14094 ( SPF) ; Luís Eduardo Magalhães, Estrada BR-020 a 23 km S da cidade, 28 January 2002, fl. and fr., C.P. Bove 1002 (R); Maraú , 5 Km ao SE de Maraú, rod. p/ Ponta do Mutá , 02 February 1994, fl. and fr., R.M. Harley 18955 ( CEPEC, K, NY); Porto Seguro, Trancoso, 24 November 2013, fl. and fr., P.C. Baleeiro 363 ( SPF) ; Rio de Contas , 9 km N estrada para o povoado de Mato Grosso, 26 October 1988, fl. and fr., R.M. Harley 25667 ( CEPEC, SPF) ; Sento Sé, APA Boqueirão da Onça, 05 September 2013, fl. and fr., D.S. Fernandes 88 (R); Umburanas, Delfino, Serra do Curral Feio , 12 April 1999, fl. and fr., L.P. de Queiroz 5458 ( HUEFS) .

Comments:— Utricularia trichophylla can be confused with U. subulata (see comments section in this species). In Bahia state, this species is found in veredas, campos rupestres and restingas.

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FIGURE 2. Distribution of Lentibulariaceae species in Bahia state.

FIGURE 7.A–B. U. longifolia; C. U. myriocista; D. U. nana; E–F. U. nelumbifolia; G. U. neottioides; H. U. nephrophylla; I. U. nervosa; J. U. parthenopipes; K. U. poconensis; L. U. praelonga; M–N. U. purpureocaerulea; O–P. U. pusilla; Q. U. resupinata; R. U. rostrata; S. U. simulans; T. U. subulata; U–V. U. trichophylla; W. U. tricolor; X–Y. U. triloba. (Photos A, B, D, G, I, J, L, N, O–Q, S, T, W–Y by F.M. Guedes; C, U, V by S. Guzmán; E, F by N.G. Silva; H by J. Allen; K by M.F. Cardoso; M by P.M. Gonella; R by N. Rebbert).