Utricularia aurea
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Utricularia aurea, the golden bladderwort, is a medium- to large-sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant
that belongs to the genus
Utricularia (family Lentibulariaceae
). It is the most common and widespread suspended aquatic species in Asia
. Its native distribution ranges from India
to Japan
and Australia
.
Image:Utricularia aureaRHu1.JPG|Utricularia aurea in a rice paddy
Image:Utricularia aureaRHu2.JPG|Utricularia aurea and Ipomoea aquatica
Image:Utricularia aureaRHu3.JPG|Close-up of the flowers
Carnivorous plant
Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods. Carnivorous plants appear adapted to grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients, especially nitrogen, such as acidic...
that belongs to the genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Utricularia (family Lentibulariaceae
Lentibulariaceae
Lentibulariaceae is a family of carnivorous plants containing three genera, Genlisea, the corkscrew plants, Pinguicula, the butterworts, and Utricularia, the bladderworts....
). It is the most common and widespread suspended aquatic species in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. Its native distribution ranges from India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
to Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Image:Utricularia aureaRHu1.JPG|Utricularia aurea in a rice paddy
Image:Utricularia aureaRHu2.JPG|Utricularia aurea and Ipomoea aquatica
Ipomoea aquatica
Ipomoea aquatica is a semi-aquatic tropical plant grown as a leaf vegetable. It is known in English as Water Spinach, Water Morning Glory, Water Convolvulus, or by the more ambiguous names "Chinese spinach" and "swamp cabbage". It has many other names in other languages, such as "Phak bung" in Thai...
Image:Utricularia aureaRHu3.JPG|Close-up of the flowers