• Family : LENTIBULARIACEAE
  (BLADDERWORT FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Lentibulariaceae
• Species : Utricularia scandens
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Utricularia scandens Benj.
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : July-December
• Native : Old World tropics
• Comments : Occasional on hills above 1200 m on thin layer of moist soil by exposed rocks, on dripping rocks along with grasses, sedges and eriocaulons in full sun.
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Distribution Locality : Kolar district (Karnataka State); Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State); Kurnool district, Chamala Valley (Chittoor district), Anantapur district, Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Dhenkanal district, Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district) (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Madagascar, India, Indo-China, Malesia to Northern Australia
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Utricularia scandens. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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