Utricularia blanchetii A. DC.

2.3. Utricularia blanchetii A.DC., Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 13 (1844). [Figs. 1 and 6 L-M]. Terrestrial or helophyte. Aerial linear leaves. Slender and flexible scape. Basifixed and free bracts and bracteoles, denticulate margins. Ascending pedicels in fruits. Sepals with conspicuous but non-prominent nerves, plant and denticulate margins. Purple to lilac corolla, yellow gibbous palate, subreniform upper lip, entire lower lip, slightly curved and subulate spur, longer than and parallel to the lower lip. Longitudinally dehiscing capsule. Selected material:— Abaíra, Campos da Mutuca, 23 March 1992, fl. and fr., B. Stannard H52788 (HUEFS, NY, SPF); Andaraí, Cachoeira do Ramalho, 20 August 2002, fl., E.C. Smidt 355 (HUEFS); Barra da Estiva, 10 July 2005, fl. and fr., F. Rivadavia 1974 (SPF); Bonito, Estrada para Bonito, 10 October 2002, fl. and fr., M.E.R. Junqueira 133 (HUEFS); Campo Formoso, Água Preta, Estrada Alagoinhas–Minas do Mimoso km 15, 26 June 1983, fl. and fr., L. Coradin 6112 (CEN, CEPEC, NY, RB); Gentio do Ouro, Serra da Boa Vista, 27 May 2009, fl., J.A. Siqueira Filho 2091 (HVASF); Ibicoara, 12 July 2005, fl. and fr., F. Rivadavia 1992 (SPF); Iramaia, Estrada de terra sentido Raposa, 03 August 2017, fl., M.M.T. Cota 1065 (HUEFS); Lençóis, Chapadinha, próx. ao Rio Mucugezinho, 27 September 1994, fl. and fr., G. Stam 939 (CEPEC); Miguel Calmon, Piemonte da Diamantina, 04 March 1978, fl. and fr., J.S. Santos 139 (CEPEC); Morro do Chapéu, Fazenda Tocalha, BA-144, 31 August 2017, fl. and fr., F.M. Guedes 39 (UFP); Mucugê, 11 July 2005, fl. and fr., F. Rivadavia 1975 (SPF); Palmeiras, Morro do Pai Inácio, 26 September 1994, fl. and fr., A.M. Giulietti 784 (ALCB); Piatã, Serra do Santana, 13 July 2005, fl. and fr., F. Rivadavia 1995 (SPF); Rio de Contas, Serra da Mesa, 18 July 2005, fl. and fr., F. Rivadavia 2069 (SPF); s.l,, Rio São Francisco, s.d., fl. and fr., J.S. Blanchet 2852 (G lectotype, BM, K, P, W isolectotype); Sento Sé, APA Boqueirão da Onça, Cachoeira do Zé Leite, 16 April 2014, fl. and fr., D.S. Fernandes 190 (HVASF); Umburanas, Delfino, Serra do Curral Feio, 03 April 2002, fl., A. Oliveira 130 (HUEFS); Utinga, 4 km de Morro do Chapéu, 25 September 1985, fl. and fr., M.G.L. Wanderley s.n. (SP). Comments:— Utricularia blanchetii can be confused with U. parthenopipes and U. purpureocaerulea, but it differs from U. parthenopipes by its purple to lilac corolla, subreniform upper lip, slightly curved and subulate spur, longer than and parallel to the lower lip (vs. white corolla with purple streaks on the upper lip, cuneate and trilobed upper lip, straight to slightly curved and acute/bifid spur, constricted above the middle, shorter than and perpendicular to the lower lip); and from U. purpureocaerulea by its sepals with conspicuous but non-prominent nerves and denticulate margins (vs. sepals with conspicuous and prominent nerves and entire margins).This species was previously considered endemic to the campos rupestres of the Chapada Diamantina highlands until it was also reported for Pernambuco state (Guedes et al. 2018).Published as part of Guedes, Felipe Martins, Miranda, Vitor Fernandes Oliveira & Alves, Marccus, 2022, Diversity and distribution of Lentibulariaceae in Bahia state, Brazil: implications for phytogeography and conservation, pp. 213-255 in Phytotaxa 556 (3) on pages 230-231, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.556.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/697283