Utricularia lividaE.Mey.

WFO wfo-0000415622 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Utricularia livida, photographed by chiuluan
fig. a chiuluan, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-01-31 / obs. 111703992
Utricularia livida, photographed by 國立臺灣博物館
fig. b 國立臺灣博物館, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 58753368
Utricularia livida, photographed by Jimmy Whatmore
fig. c Jimmy Whatmore, CC0 1.0 / obs. 102073895
Utricularia livida, photographed by Juan Cruzado Cortés
fig. d Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 57915229
Utricularia livida, photographed by Andrew Hankey
fig. e Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15883467
Utricularia livida, photographed by Romer N. Rabarijaona
fig. f Romer N. Rabarijaona, CC0 1.0 / obs. 1088892
Utricularia livida, photographed by Romer N. Rabarijaona
fig. g Romer N. Rabarijaona, CC0 1.0 / obs. 1057241
Utricularia livida, photographed by Peter Warren
fig. h Peter Warren, CC0 1.0 / obs. 59423620

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Utricularia livida is native: Angola, Cape Provinces, DR Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest AngolaCape ProvincesDR CongoEswatiniEthiopiaFree StateKenyaKwaZulu-NatalLesothoMadagascarMalawiMozambiqueNorthern ProvincesRwandaSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabweMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico Southwest
Native distribution of Utricularia livida, 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
Cape Provinces CPP
DR Congo ZAI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Lesotho LES
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Northern Provinces TVL
Rwanda RWA
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 34 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.

  • Calpidisca denticulata (Benj.) Barnhart
  • Utricularia afromontana R.E.Fr.
  • Utricularia andicola Benj.
  • Utricularia denticulata Benj.
  • Utricularia dregei Kamienski
  • Utricularia dregei var. stricta Kamienski
  • Utricularia eburnea R.E.Fr.
  • Utricularia elevata Kamienski
  • Utricularia elevata var. macowani Kamienski
  • Utricularia elevata var. macowanii Kamienski
  • Utricularia engleri Kamienski
  • Utricularia gentryi Standl.
  • Utricularia humbertiana H.Perrier
  • Utricularia humbertiana var. andringitrensis H.Perrier
  • Utricularia humilis E.Phillips
  • Utricularia ibarensis Baker
  • Utricularia livida var. engleri (Kamienski) Stapf
  • Utricularia livida var. micrantha Kamienski
  • Utricularia livida var. pauciflora Kamienski
  • Utricularia lobata Fernald
  • Utricularia longecalcarata Benj.
  • Utricularia madagascariensis A.DC.
  • Utricularia mauroyae H.Perrier
  • Utricularia odontosperma Stapf

and 10 more.

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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