Star Bladderwort

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Utricularia stellaris L.f.
Higher Classification
Dicotyledons
Family
LENTIBULARIACEAE
Synonyms
Utricularia foliosa in sense of Kamienski (1902) (in part), Stapf (1904) (in part), not of L. (misapplied name), Utricularia inflexa Forssk. var. stellaris (L.f.) P.Taylor (in part), Utricularia stellaris L.f. var. breviscapa Kamienski, Utricularia stellaris L.f. var. dilatata Kamienski, Utricularia stellaris L.f. var. filiformis Kamienski
Common Names
Bladderwort (e), Star Bladderwort (e), Sterblasiekruid (a), Thlamana-sa-metsi (ss)
National Status
Status and Criteria
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2006/05/22
Assessor(s)
F. Cholo & W. Foden
Distribution
Endemism
Not endemic to South Africa
Provincial distribution
Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West
Habitat and Ecology
Major system
Freshwater
Assessment History
Taxon assessed
Status and Criteria
Citation/Red List version
Utricularia stellaris L.f.Least Concern Raimondo et al. (2009)
Bibliography

Cook, C.D.K. 2004. Aquatic and wetland plants of southern Africa. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands.


Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.


Sieben, E.J.J. 2009. The status and distribution of vascular plants (Magnoliophyta, Lycophyta, Pteridophyta). In: W.R.T. Darwall, K.G. Smith, D. Tweddle and P. Skelton (eds.), The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in southern Africa (pp. 83-98), IUCN and SAIAB, Gland, Switzerland and Grahamstown, South Africa.


Citation
Cholo, F. & Foden, W. 2006. Utricularia stellaris L.f. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/13

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