''Utricularia juncea'', the southern bladderwort, is a small to medium-sized, probably

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that belongs to the

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Utricularia ''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, B ...

''. ''U. juncea'' is native to Central,

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, and

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. It grows as a terrestrial plant in marshes, swamps, and pools in shallow waters, mostly at lower altitudes. It was originally described and published by

Martin Vahl Martin Henrichsen Vahl (10 October 1749 – 24 December 1804) was a Denmark-Norway, Danish-Norwegian botanist, herbalist and zoologist. Biography Martin Vahl was born in Bergen, Norway and attended Bergen Cathedral School. He studied botany at ...

in 1804.Taylor, Peter. (1989). ''

The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph ''The Genus Utricularia: A Taxonomic Monograph'' is a monograph by Peter Taylor on the carnivorous plant genus ''Utricularia'', the bladderworts. It was published in 1989 by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) as the fourteenth entry in the ' ...

''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

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*''Personula grandiflora''

Raf. Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (; 22 October 178318 September 1840) was a French early 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ult ...

*''Stomoisia juncea'' (Vahl)

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*''S. virgatula'' (Barnhart) Barnhart *''Utricularia angulosa'' Poir. *''U. cornuta'' var. ''michauxii'' Gomez *''U. juncea'' f. ''minima''

S.F.Blake Sidney Fay Blake (1892–1959) was an American botanist and plant taxonomist, "recognized as one of the world's experts on botanical nomenclature." Biography Blake was born in 1892 in Stoughton, Massachusetts. In 1912, he received a bachelor's d ...

*''U. juncea'' f. ''virgatula'' (Barnhart) Fernald *''U. personata'' Leconte ex Elliott *''U. sclerocarpa''

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ex Sauvalle *''U. simplex'' Wright ex Sauvalle *''U. stricta'' G.Mey. *''U. virgatula'' Barnhart

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Carnivorous plants of Central America Carnivorous plants of North America Carnivorous plants of South America Flora of Southern America juncea Taxa named by Martin Vahl Flora of Northern America {{Lentibulariaceae-stub

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