Utricularia myriocista 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 : 236

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.

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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).