A Historical Perspective of Bladderworts (): Traps, Carnivory and Body Architecture.

The genus includes around 250 species of carnivorous plants, commonly known as bladderworts. The generic name was coined by Carolus Linnaeus in reference to the carnivorous organs ( in Latin) present in all species of the genus. Since the formal proposition by Linnaeus, many species of were described, but only scarce information about the biology for most species is known.

Unusual developmental morphology and anatomy of vegetative organs in Utricularia dichotoma-leaf, shoot and root dynamics.

The terrestrial carnivorous species Utricularia dichotoma is known for a great phenotypic plasticity and unusual vegetative organs. Our investigation on 22 sources/populations revealed that after initiation of a leaf and two bladders on a stolon, a bud was formed in the proximal axil of the leaf, developing into a rosette with up to seven organs. The first two primordia of the bud grew into almost every possible combination of organs, but often into two anchor stolons.