Utricularia sunilii (Lentibulariaceae), a striking new species from southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India

Abstract

Utricularia sunilii, a new species of Utricularia Sect. Oligocista from Kerala state of Western Ghats is described here. The new species shows similarities with U. graminifolia in having 3-nerved foliar organs and thickened capsule wall along the margin of dehiscence but differs by deeply 3-lobed lower lip of corolla.

Utricularia lihengiae (Lentibulariaceae), a new species from Northwest Yunnan, China

“…Since then, some sixty species of Utricularia have been published from different parts of the world. Currently, about 274 species of Utricularia have been described ( Fleischmann 2012 , 2015 ; Delprete 2014 ; Kumar et al 2018 ; Hong et al 2021 ).…”

Figure 1 from: Cheng Z, Fang Q, Wang F, Long C-L (2021) Utricularia lihengiae (Lentibulariaceae), a new species from Northwest Yunnan, China. PhytoKeys 177: 17-24. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.177.63346

“…Since then, some sixty species of Utricularia have been published from different parts of the world. Currently, about 274 species of Utricularia have been described (Fleischmann 2012(Fleischmann , 2015Delprete 2014;Kumar et al 2018;Hong et al 2021).…”

Utricularia sainthomia (Lentibulariaceae), a new remarkable carnivorous species from the lateritic plateau of northern Kerala, India

“…Janarthanam and Henry (1992), in their taxonomic revision, reported 35 species in India. Since then, five more species were described form India (Yadav et al, 2000(Yadav et al, , 2005Kumar et al, 2018;Sindhu et al, 2020).…”