Finding every described sundew in the Western Cape, South Africa
In September 2023, Boaz Ng went on a botanical expedition to the Western Cape province of South Africa. The region is renowned for its intense floral diversity, with many species…
Utricularia brachyceras Species Profile
Utricularia brachyceras is a tiny annual bladderwort endemic to South Africa. The species has blooms that reach around half a centimetre in length. The lower corolla lip is white, with…
Utricularia bisquamata Species Profile
Utricularia bisquamata is a small bladderwort native to Southern Africa. The plant is extremely common in nature and its fecundity is reflected in cultivation, where it is a common hitchhiker…
The subspecies of the Utricularia dichotoma complex
Utricularia dichotoma is a variable purple bladderwort widely distributed across Australia and New Zealand. In 2020, Jobson and Baleeiro performed a phylogenetic review of the complex. By comparing the DNA sequences…
Utricularia dichotoma subsp. oxleyensis Taxon Profile
Utricularia dichotoma subsp. oxleyensis is a taxon from the upland swamps near the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park region in NSW. It is probably the least observed of the subspecies…
Carnivorous Plants of the Cape York Tropical Savannah
Tropical savannah habitats encompass the majority of inland Cape York. These environments are characterised by open, grassy woodlands that are under the influence of the monsoon. Carnivorous plants are mainly…
Comparing Utricularia geoffrayi and U. minutissima in Australia
Utricularia geoffrayi and Utricularia minutissima have been frequently confused with each other, with many misidentified plants in cultivation and in scientific collections. Formal descriptions of the taxa fail to fully…
Unexpected Carnivorous Plant Discoveries on an Adventure to Cape York
Cape York is by no means easy to get to. Large stretches of the main road up the Peninsula get washed away by the wet season floods every year, only…
Utricularia at Kanangra-Boyd National Park
A network of shallow seasonally moist heathland swamps forms atop the sandstone cliffs of the Kanangra Plateau. As the ground dries out in summer, a profusion of Utricularia dichotoma and…
Carnivorous plants of the Cape York Floodplains
The northernmost swamps of the Cape York Peninsula are some of the most biodiverse carnivorous plant habitats in the world. Over twenty species of carnivorous plants across three genera are…