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LENTIBULARIACEAE

BLADDERWORT FAMILY

Lawrence R. Heckard

Annual, perennial herb, carnivorous, of moist or aquatic habitats
Stem a caudex (Pinguicula ) or filamentous with alternate or whorled branch systems in place of leaves (Utricularia )
Leaves 0 or in basal rosette, simple
Inflorescence: raceme, spike, 1-flowered or scapose
Flower bisexual; calyx 2-lipped, generally 4–5-lobed; corolla 2-lipped, 5-lobed, spurred at base, lower lip arched and generally pouched upward, blocking throat; fertile stamens 2, epipetalous; ovary superior, chamber 1, placenta generally free-central; stigma unequally 2-lobed, ± sessile
Fruit: capsule, round, generally 2-valved (sometimes irregularly dehiscent)
Seeds generally many, small
Genera in family: 4 genera, 200 species: worldwide, especially tropical.