Utricularia scandens is a small, probably annual, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia.
Distribution
It has a wide native distribution that includes parts of Africa and Asia:
Africa
- Angola
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ethiopia
- Guinea
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Asia
- Bangladesh
- Burma
- China
- India
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Nepal
- Sri Lanka
- Thailand
- Vietnam
Habitat
U. scandens grows as a terrestrial plant in wet grasslands and bogs, generally at low altitudes, ranging from sea level up to 2,300 m (7,546 ft).
Taxonomy and Description
- Originally described by Ludwig Benjamin in 1847.
- It has significant synonymy due to its wide distribution and variable morphology.
Synonyms
- Polypompholyx madecassa H. Perrier
- Utricularia bifida var. wallichiana (Wight) Thwaites
- U. gibbsiae Stapf
- U. macrolepis Wight
- U. micropetala Hutch. & Dalziel
- U. prehensilis Pellegr.
- U. scandens subsp. scandens P. Taylor
- U. scandens var. scandens P. Taylor
- U. scandens subsp. schweinfurthii (Baker ex Stapf) P. Taylor
- U. schweinfurthii Baker ex Stapf
- U. wallichiana Wight
- U. wallichii Wight
- U. volubilis Wight