''Utricularia australis'' is a medium-sized,

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species of aquatic

bladderwort ''Utricularia'', commonly and collectively called the bladderworts, is a genus of carnivorous plants consisting of approximately 233 species (precise counts differ based on classification opinions; a 2001 publication lists 215 species).Salmon, Br ...

.Bruce Salmon (2001) ''"Carnivorous Plants of New Zealand"'' Ecosphere Publications This species has a vast geographic range, being found throughout Europe, in tropical and temperate Asia including China and Japan in the east, Central and Southern Africa, Australia and the

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. The

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"australis" is

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for "southern" and reflects the fact that the discovery of this species was made in Australia in 1810.

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* ''Utricularia australis'' discussed on RNZ ''

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