Utricularia neottioides A.St.-Hil. & Girard

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 : 238

2.20. Utricularia neottioides A.St.-Hil. & Girard , Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences 7: 869 (1838). [ Figs. 1 and 7G ].

Rheophyte. Submerged, verticillate and capillary leaves. Slender and slightly stiff scape. Peltate bracts, entire margins, absent bracteoles. Ascending pedicels in fruits. Sepals with inconspicuous nerves, plan and entire margins. White corolla, non-gibbous palate, trilobed lower lip, obsolete spur, shorter than and parallel to the lower lip. Capsule dehiscing by a ventral pore.

Selected material:— s.l., “Habitat in udis ad R. Fermozo. Provinciae Pernambucanae” (currently Bahia territory), s.d., fl. and fr., C.F.P. von Martius s.n. (M); Abaíra, Serra da Mesa , 15 July 2005, fl. and fr., F. Rivadavia 2019 ( SPF) ; Água Quente, Arredores do Pico das Almas , 30 October 1988, fl. and fr., S.A. Mori 13619 ( CEPEC) ; Gentio do Ouro, Serra do Assuruá , 1839, fl. and fr., J.S. Blanchet 2864 ( NY) ; Mucugê, PNM de Mucugê, rio Cumbuca , 25 September 2004, fl. and fr., A. Rapini 1151 ( HUEFS) ; Piatã, Serra de Santana , 13 July 2005, fl. and fr., F. Rivadavia 2005 ( SPF) ; Rio de Contas , Pico das Almas, 22 April 2004, fl. and fr., A.M. Amorim 4028 ( HUEFS, SPF) .

Comments:— Utricularia neottioides can be readily distinguished from all the other congeners in Bahia state by its rheophytic life form, white corolla with non-gibbous palate, trilobed lower lip and obsolete spur. In Bahia state, this species is found only in campos rupestres.

Figures

FIGURE 1. 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).