Utricularia caerulea, the blue bladderwort, is a very small to medium-sized carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. caerulea spans a wide native range, including areas in tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia. It grows as a terrestrial plant in wet, shallow soils over rock, in wet grasslands, in swamps, or near streams in open communities, mostly at lower altitudes but ascending to as much as . It was originally described and published by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.
Synonyms
U. caerulea spans a wide distribution and is a very variable species, leading to a great deal of synonymy.
- Calpidisca takenakai <small>Nakai</small>
- Pelidnia caerulea <small>(L.) Barnhart</small>
- Utricularia albiflora <small>Griff.</small>
- U. albina <small>Ridl.</small>
- U. baueri <small>Benth.</small>
- U. bifida <small>Macrae ex A.DC.</small>
- U. caerulea var. filicaulis <small>(Wall. ex A.DC.) Haines</small>
- U. campestris <small>Miq. ex C.B.Clarke</small>
- U. capillaris <small>D.Don</small>
- U. cavalerii <small>Stapf</small>
- U. charnleyensis <small>W.Fitzg.</small>
- U. complanata <small>Wall.</small>
- U. filicaulis <small>Wall.</small>
- U. filicaulis var. papillosa <small>Pellegr.</small>
- U. kerrii <small>Craib</small>
- U. nivea <small>Vahl</small>
- U. nivea var. rosea <small>(Edgew.) Trimen</small>
- U. obscura <small>R.Br. ex Benth.</small>
- U. obtusiloba <small>Benj.</small>
- U. ophirensis <small>Ridl.</small>
- U. paucifolia <small>Benj.</small>
- U. purpurea <small>Willd. ex Benj.</small>
- U. racemosa <small>Wall.</small>
- U. racemosa var. filicaulis <small>(Wall. ex A.DC.) C.B.Clarke</small>
- U. racemosa var. rosea <small>(Edgew.) Thwaites</small>
- U. ramosa <small>Vahl</small>
- U. rosea <small>Edgew.</small>
- U. roseopurpurea <small>Stapf ex Gamble</small>
- U. sampathii <small>Subr. & Yogan.</small>
- U. sootepensis <small>Craib</small>
- U. squamosa <small>Benj.</small>
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