The water hose plants (Lentibulariaceae) are a plant family, which belongs to the (Lamiales). All kinds of the family are often aquatic carnivorous plants (Karnivoren), to semi aquatic.

Systematics

The following kinds are assigned to the plant family:

• (Pinguicula)
• Staggered array traps (Genlisea)
• Water hoses (Utricularia)

Among them the are considered as the kind, the following Kladogramm clarify the relations of the kinds:

       ,------------- Staggered array traps (Genlisea) | |,--+ | | | | --+ `------- Water hoses (Utricularia) | | `----  (Pinguicula) 

Over 320 kinds of this family, about 220 is added alone is water hoses (Utricularia). The kind number grows steadily by recent discoveries.

Literature

• Casper, S.J.: "Monographie of the kind Pinguicula", (Bibliotheca Botanica, number 127/128), 1966, Stuttgart
• Taylor, Peter: "The Genus Utricularia - A Taxonomic mono graph", London, 1989, ISBN 0947643729
• Pious Trinta, Elza: "Genliseas Americanas", in: Sellowia 36, 1984
• Fischer, Eberhard; Porembski, Stefan; Barthlott, William: "Revision OF The Genus Genlisea (Lentibulariaceae) in Africa and Madagascar With Notes on Ecology and Phythogeography", in: Nordic journal OF Botany, 20 (3), 2000
• Barthlott, William; Porembski, Stefan; Its, Ruediger; Theisen, Inge: "Karnivoren", Stuttgart, 2004, ISBN 3-8001-4144-2
• Mueller, K. et al.: "Evolution OF Carnivory in Lamiales", plans Biology 473, 2004

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