Lentibulariaceae Richard 1808
Creators: name: Guedes, Felipe Martins
name: Miranda, Vitor Fernandes Oliveira
name: Alves, Marccus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Lentibulariaceae

description: Key to the Lentibulariaceae species in Bahia state
1. Calyx with 5 sepals............................................................................................................................................................. Genlisea 2
- Calyx with 2 sepals......................................................................................................................................................... Utricularia 9
2. Spur parallel to the pedicel .................................................................................................................................................................3
- Spur parallel to the lower corolla lip ..................................................................................................................................................5
3. Pedicels strongly circinate in fruits and spur uncinated ......................................................................................... Genlisea uncinata
- Pedicels ascending, recurved or abruptly recurved in fruits and spur straight...................................................................................4
4. Corolla lips with lobe tips entire; palate non-gibbous............................................................................................... G. exhibitionista
- Corolla lips with lobe tips divided; palate gibbous ............................................................................................................... G. lobata
5. Corolla lilac .................................................................................................................................................................... G. guianensis
- Corolla yellow or pale yellow ............................................................................................................................................................6
6. Scape thick, succulent and slightly stiff ................................................................................................................................. G. aurea
- Scape slender and flexible ..................................................................................................................................................................7
7. Stolons with tubers; bracts, bracteoles and sepals covered with eglandular and glandular trichomes ............................. G. tuberosa
- Stolons without tubers; bracts, bracteoles and sepals glabrous............................................................................................ G. repens
9. Hydrophytes .....................................................................................................................................................................................10
- Terrestrial, helophytes, lithophytes, epiphytes or rheophytes ..........................................................................................................16
10. Scape with a basal whorl of floats................................................................................................................... Utricularia breviscapa
- Scape without a basal whorl of floats...............................................................................................................................................11
11. Leaves verticillate; corolla magenta.................................................................................................................................................12
- Leaves dichotomous; corolla yellow, white or pink.........................................................................................................................13
12. Traps with a ventral appendage recurved, ciliate ............................................................................................................. U. cucullata
- Traps with a central fascicle of glandular-stipitate trichomes........................................................................................ U. myriocista
13. Corolla yellow ..................................................................................................................................................................................14
- Corolla white or pink........................................................................................................................................................................15
14. Scape inflated and slightly stiff; corolla lower lip bilobed................................................................................................... U. foliosa
- Scape slender and flexible; corolla lower lip orbicular to slightly 3-crenate ......................................................................... U. gibba
15. Scape always bearing a basal cleistogamous flower; corolla pink............................................................................... U. hydrocarpa
- Cleistogamous flowers absent; corolla white ................................................................................................................ U. poconensis
16. Bracts tubular; corolla lower lip reflexed (giving an aspect of resupinate flower) ........................................................ U. resupinata
- Bracts non-tubular; corolla lower lip not reflexed ...........................................................................................................................17
17. Bracts peltate; bracteoles absent.......................................................................................................................................................18
- Bracts basifixed; bracteoles present .................................................................................................................................................24
18. Rheophyte; corolla white............................................................................................................................................... U. neottioides
- Terrestrial, helophytes or lithophytes; corolla yellow ......................................................................................................................19
19. Lithophyte; spur truncate, shorter than the lower lip ......................................................................................................... U. flaccida
- Terrestrial or helophytes; spur subulate, bifid or quadrifid, as long as, longer or twice as long as the lower lip ............................20
20. Presence of sterile bracts on the raceme axis; spur twice as long as the lower lip............................................................... U. pusilla
- Absence of sterile bracts on the raceme axis; spur as long as or longer than the lower lip .............................................................21
21. Sepals with nerves inconspicuous; leaves pinnatifid................................................................................................... U. trichophylla
- Sepals with nerves conspicuous; leaves linear .................................................................................................................................22
22. Scape with base pubescent ................................................................................................................................................. U. nervosa
- Scape with base glabrous..................................................................................................................................................................23
23. Sepals with nerves prominent, converging at the apices...................................................................................................... U. triloba
- Sepals with nerves non-prominent, not converging at the apices...................................................................................... U. subulata
24. Bracts and bracteoles basally connate ..............................................................................................................................................25
- Bracts and bracteoles free.................................................................................................................................................................28
25. Epiphyte; stolons with tubers; spur curved upwards, 3-5 times longer than and perpendicular to the lower lip....... U. jamesoniana
- Terrestrial or helophytes; stolons without tubers; spur straight or curved, as long as or longer than and parallel to the lower lip.26
26. Leaves linear; bracts with margins laciniate-denticulate; corolla yellow....................................................................... U. praelonga
- Leaves spatulate or orbicular; bracts with margins entire; corolla lilac, white or purple.................................................................27
27. Corolla lilac or white, lower lip trilobed, spur straight and acute ............................................................................... U. amethystina
- Corolla purple or lilac, lower lip entire to 3-crenate, spur curved and obtuse or emarginate ............................................. U. tricolor
28. Spur obsolete ................................................................................................................................................................. U. guyanensis
- Spur non-obsolete.............................................................................................................................................................................29
29. Upper sepal with apex rostrate ........................................................................................................................................... U. rostrata
- Upper sepal with apex non-rostrate..................................................................................................................................................30
30. Scales and bracts auriculate, with margins deeply fimbriate............................................................................................. U. simulans
- Scales and bracts non-auriculate, with margins entire or denticulate...............................................................................................31
31. Lower corolla lip galeate, spur perpendicular to the lower lip.........................................................................................................32
- Lower corolla lip plan, spur parallel to the lower lip .......................................................................................................................36
32. Sepals with margins involute.......................................................................................................................................... U. erectiflora
- Sepals with margins plan..................................................................................................................................................................33
33. Sepals with nerves inconspicuous, non-prominent ..........................................................................................................................34
- Sepals with nerves conspicuous, prominent.....................................................................................................................................35
34. Upper corolla lip orbicular, spur longer than the lower lip .............................................................................................. U. adpressa
- Upper corolla lip oblong, spur as long as the lower lip............................................................................................................ U. laxa
35. Nerves prominent on both sepals, margins non-auriculate................................................................................................... U. juncea
- Nerves prominent only on the upper sepal, margins auriculate .............................................................................................. U. nana
36. Sepals with margins denticulate or microscopically denticulate......................................................................................................37
- Sepals with margins entire................................................................................................................................................................39
37. Leaves obovate to oblanceolate; sepals with margins microscopically denticulate; palate with a prominent crest ....... U. longifolia
- Leaves linear; sepals with margins denticulate; palate with no crest ...............................................................................................38
38. Corolla purple to lilac, upper lip subreniform, spur slightly curved and subulate .......................................................... U. blanchetii
- Corolla white with purple streaks on the upper lip, upper lip cuneate and trilobed, spur straight to slightly curved and acute or bifid........................................................................................................................................................................... U. parthenopipes
39. Lower corolla lip entire to crenulated or shallowly trilobed, palate with no crest...........................................................................40
- Lower corolla lip trilobed, lateral lobes well-developed, middle one obsolete, palate with two prominent crests .........................41
40. Lower lip shallowly trilobed; spur obtuse........................................................................................................................... U. costata
- Lower lip entire to crenulate; spur subulate or bifid .......................................................................................... U. purpureocaerulea
41. Leaves circular, peltate; corolla purple to pale lilac .................................................................................................... U. nelumbifolia
- Leaves reniform; corolla white................................................................................................................................... U. nephrophylla
description: Published as part of Guedes, Felipe Martins, Miranda, Vitor Fernandes Oliveira & Alves, Marccus, 2022, Diversity and distribution of Lentibulariaceae in Bahia state, Brazil: implications for phytogeography and conservation, pp. 213-255 in Phytotaxa 556 (3) on pages 224-225, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.556.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6972832