''Utricularia caerulea'', the blue bladderwort, is a very small to medium-sized

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'' Utricularia''. ''U. caerulea'' spans a wide native range, including areas in tropical

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. It grows as a terrestrial plant in wet, shallow soils over rock, in wet

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s, 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

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in 1753.Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

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''U. caerulea'' spans a wide distribution and is a very variable species, leading to a great deal of synonymy. *''Calpidisca takenakai'' Nakai *''Pelidnia caerulea'' ( L.) Barnhart *''Utricularia albiflora''

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*''U. albina''

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*''U. baueri''

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*''U. bifida'' Macrae ex

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*''U. caerulea'' var. ''filicaulis'' (

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ex A.DC.) Haines *''U. campestris'' Miq. ex

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*''U. capillaris''

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*''U. cavalerii'' Stapf *''U. charnleyensis''

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*''U. complanata'' Wall. *''U. filicaulis'' Wall. *''U. filicaulis'' var. ''papillosa'' Pellegr. *''U. kerrii'' Craib *''U. nivea'' Vahl *''U. nivea'' var. ''rosea'' ( Edgew.) Trimen *''U. obscura'' R.Br. ex Benth. *''U. obtusiloba'' Benj. *''U. ophirensis'' Ridl. *''U. paucifolia'' Benj. *''U. purpurea''

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ex Benj. *''U. racemosa'' Wall. *''U. racemosa'' var. ''filicaulis'' (Wall. ex A.DC.) C.B.Clarke *''U. racemosa'' var. ''rosea'' (Edgew.) Thwaites *''U. ramosa'' Vahl *''U. rosea'' Edgew. *''U. roseopurpurea'' Stapf ex

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*''U. sampathii'' Subr. & Yogan. *''U. sootepensis'' Craib *''U. squamosa'' Benj.

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