Genlisea filiformis
Genlisea filiformis
Genlisea filiformis is a carnivorous plant in the genus of fish trap traps ( Genlisea ). It occurs in South and Central America.
Description
The ground leaf rosette consists of few to numerous obovate to spatulate approximately circular leaves, which have a length of 3 to 5 millimeters. The outer end of the blade is rounded or very obtuse, at base, it tapers to a winged, slender petiole, which is at least as long as the leaf blade.
The threadlike, but wiry and flexible inflorescence stem measures usually 8-20 centimeters, he bears a few long hairs that are occupied at the top with glands and 3-5 very small, ovate, pointed bracts. He carries at its end two to four flowers with slender stalks. The sepals are nearly dull, elliptic oblong, round to elliptic oblong- round and ciliated, the approximately 4 mm long crown is greenish - yellow or lemon yellow, with a thick, very obtuse spur that are only a trifle longer than the lips. The seeds are flattened, obovate and angled.
Dissemination
One finds the plant in Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Cuba, Colombia, Belize, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala. 2002 for the first time a Fund from Mexico was described, so that is the way the northernmost widespread of all American species.
System
The species was first described in 1833 by Augustin François César Prouvençal de Saint -Hilaire. It is - as found almost all the species in the subgenus Genlisea -.
Evidence
- Water hose plants
- Insect-eating plant
- Lentibulariaceae