3-51 Lentibulariaceae, bladderwort family

Marian C. Munro; Ruth E. Newell; Nicholas M. Hill

Authors

Marian C. Munro Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS
Ruth E. Newell E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Nicholas M. Hill Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Keywords:

Magnoliophyte, dicots, bladderwort family, Pinguicula, Utricularia, butterwort, bladderwort, carnivorous

Abstract

A family of insectivorous herbs, their leaves are modified into insect traps. In total 200 species are found worldwide. Most are aquatics, although a single species in Nova Scotia is terrestrial, but of wetlands. Flowers are perfect, the petals united. Corolla is bilabiate, the lower lip is spurred. A pair of stamens is inserted. Calyx is variable. The ovary is superior, style absent or vestigial. Fruits are capsules containing many small seeds..Photographs taken by Fritz McEvoy, Sean Blaney, Martin Thomas and David Mazerolle.

Author Biographies

Marian C. Munro, Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS

Curator of Botany (NSPM)

Ruth E. Newell, E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Curator of the E. C. Smith Herbarium (ACAD)

Nicholas M. Hill, Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Director; Adjunct Professor