Aldrovanda vesiculosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Droseraceae
Genus: Aldrovanda
Species: Aldrovanda vesiculosa

Name

Aldrovanda vesiculosa L., 1753

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Drosera aldrovanda F.Muell., Fragm. 10: 79 (1876), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
- Ruelingia polyphylla Haw., Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 65 (1819).
- Aldrovanda verticillata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 113 (1824).
- Anacampseros polyphylla (Haw.) Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 170 (1826).
- Aldrovanda vesiculosa var. duriaei Casp., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 17: 142 (1859).
- Aldrovanda vesiculosa var. australis Darwin, Insectiv. Pl.: 328 (1876).
- Aldrovanda vesiculosa var. verticillata (Roxb.) Darwin, Insectiv. Pl.: 329 (1876).
- Aldrovanda generalis E.H.L.Krause in J.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2, 4: 176 (1902).
- Aldrovanda vesiculosa var. rubescens A.T.Cross & Adamec, Aldrovanda: 213 (2012).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Old World to Australia
- - Ashmore-Cartier Is.; Australian Capital Territor; Austria; Bangladesh; Belarus; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Botswana; Bulgaria; Central African Republic; Central European Russia; Chad; Coral Sea Is. Territory; Croatia; Czech Republic; East European Russia; East Timor; Estonia; France; Germany; Ghana; Heilongjiang; Hokkaido; Honshu; Hungary; Kazakhstan; Kazan-retto; Kosovo; Kyushu; Latvia; Lithuania; Lord Howe I.; Macedonia; Moldova; Monaco; Montenegro; Mozambique; Nansei-shoto; New South Wales; Norfolk I.; North European Russia; North Korea; Northern Territory; Northwest European Russia; Ogasawara-shoto; Poland; Queensland; Romania; Rwanda; Sardegna; Serbia; Shikoku; Slovakia; Slovenia; South Australia; South European Russia; Sudan; Switzerland; Tanzania; Tasmania; Uganda; Ukraine; Uzbekistan; Victoria; Western Australia; Zambia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 281.

Additional references

Westermeier, A.S., Sachse, R., Poppinga, S., Vögele, P., Adamec, L., Speck, T. & Bischoff, M. 2018. How the carnivorous waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa) snaps. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285(1878), p.20180012. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0012 PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Aldrovanda vesiculosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Mar 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Aldrovanda vesiculosa. Published online. Accessed: Mar 19 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Aldrovanda vesiculosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 Mar 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Aldrovanda vesiculosa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Альдраванда пухіраватая
български: Алдрованда
Deutsch: Wasserfalle, Wasserhade, Blasige Aldrovandie
English: Waterwheel Plant
magyar: Aldrovanda
polski: Aldrowanda Pęcherzykowata
svenska: Vattenfälla
українська: Альдрованда пухирчаста
中文: 囊泡貉藻

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