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Annual or perennial herbs, terrestrial or aquatic, usually bearing filiform root-like organs (rhizoids) at the base. Stem-like stolons arise at the base of the peduncle and bear leaves, inflorescences and bladder like traps. Leaves in terrestrial species mostly erect, entire, linear to circular; in the aquatic species usually dichotomously divided into capillary segments. Traps spherical or ovoid with a trap door or mouth and various diverse appendages. Flowers in bracteate racemes, rarely solitary, borne on capillary peduncles. Calyx lobes 2, usually accrescent. Corolla 2-lipped; upper lip 2(-3-lobed; lower much longer with a raised palate, spurred. Stamens 2. Fruit a spherical or ovoid capsule, dehiscent in various ways, rarely indehiscent. Seeds usually minute. Worldwide: 180 species, cosmopolitan, mainly tropical. Zambia: 27 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| ?foliosa L. (Gibbs Russell 1845) | ||
| andongensis Hiern | W | |
| appendiculata E.A. Bruce | N,W | |
| arenaria A.DC. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| baoulensis A. Chev. | W,S | |
| benjaminiana Oliv. | B,N,W | |
| bracteata R.D. Good | W | |
| cymbantha Oliv. | N | |
| firmula Oliv. | B,N,W,C,S | |
| foliosa L. | B,N,S | |
| gibba L. | B,N,W,C,E,S | |
| inflexa Forssk. | N,S | |
| livida E. Mey. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| microcalyx P.Taylor | N | |
| odontosepala Stapf | W,C | |
| pentadactyla P. Taylor | N | Description, Image |
| prehensilis E. Mey. | N,W | |
| pubescens Sm. | N,W | |
| reflexa Oliv. | B,N,W,S | |
| scandens Benj. | B,N,W | |
| simulans Pilg. | N | |
| spiralis Sm. | N,W | |
| stellaris L.f. | B,N,W,S | Description, Image |
| striatula Sm. | N | |
| subulata L. | B,N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| tortilis Oliv. | B,N,W,S | Description, Image |
| welwitschii Oliv. | B,N,W,C |
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