Utricularia benjaminianaOliv.

WFO wfo-0000415698 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Utricularia benjaminiana, photographed by National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project
fig. a National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-07-29 / obs. 162652828
Utricularia benjaminiana, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. b Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101476334
Utricularia benjaminiana, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. c Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101472992
Utricularia benjaminiana, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. d Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 41575557
Utricularia benjaminiana, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. e Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101471856
Utricularia benjaminiana, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. f Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 28835342
Utricularia benjaminiana, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. g Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 22893546
Utricularia benjaminiana, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. h Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126741256

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Native range 32 botanical countries

Regions where Utricularia benjaminiana is native: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela AngolaBotswanaBurundiCameroonCongoDR CongoGabonGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKwaZulu-NatalLiberiaMadagascarMaliNamibiaNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneTanzaniaUgandaZambiaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastColombiaFrench GuianaGuyanaHondurasNicaraguaSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Utricularia benjaminiana, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Botswana BOT
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Liberia LBR
Madagascar MDG
Mali MLI
Namibia NAM
Nigeria NGA
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Brazil North BZN SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil Northeast BZE
Colombia CLM
French Guiana FRG
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Nicaragua NIC
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 4 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Akentra inflata Benj.
  • Utricularia cervicornuta H.Perrier
  • Utricularia giletii De Wild. & T.Durand
  • Utricularia villosula Stapf

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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