2.34. Utricularia triloba Benj. in Mart., Flora Brasiliensis 10: 248 (1847). [Figs. 1 and 6 X-Y]. Terrestrial or helophyte.Aerial linear leaves. Slender and flexible scape. Peltate bracts, entire margins, absent bracteoles. Ascending pedicels in fruits. Sepals with conspicuous and prominent nerves, converging at the apices, plan and entire margins. Yellow corolla, gibbous palate, shallowly trilobed lower lip, straight and subulate spur, longer than and parallel to the lower lip. Capsule dehiscing by a ventral pore. Selected material:— s.l., s.d., fl., P. Salzmann s.n. (P); Belmonte, fazenda Belmonte, 04 August 2006, fl. and fr., E.P. Queiroz 1773 (HRB); Cairu, Garapuá, 12 August 2006, fl., M.L. Guedes 13595a (ALCB); Caravelas, between Alcobaça and Caravelas on the BA-001 highway 20 km S of Alcobaça, 17 January 1977, fl. and fr., R.M. Harley 18034 (K, NY, RB) Ituberá, à direita do km 15 da estrada p/ Praia de Pratigi, 08 October 2005, fl. and fr., F. Rivadavia 2110 (SPF); Jaguaripe, Areal Itapixacara, Fazenda de Carcinocultura do Seu Júnior, 27 August 2015, fl. and fr., L.Y.S. Aona 4225a (ALCB, HURB); Mucugê, beirando estrada para Barra da Estiva, 11 July 2005, fl. and fr., F. Rivadavia 1977 (SPF); Porto Seguro, Trancoso, 20 November 2013, fl. and fr., P.C. Baleeiro 361b (SPF); Rio de Contas, Estrada para o Pico do Itobira, 12 April 1999, fr., A.M. Amorim 2822 (CEPEC, NY); Santa Luzia, Estrada entre Una e Santa Luzia BA-270, 02 November 2017, fl. and fr., F.M. Guedes 84 (ALCB, UFP). Comments:— Utricularia triloba can be confused with U. subulata (see comments section in this species). In Bahia state, this species is found only in campos rupestres and restingas.

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 page 243, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.556.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6972832