Check List 18(4): 861-866, doi: 10.15560/18.4.861
First records of Utricularia breviscapa C. Wright ex Griseb. (Lentibulariaceae) for Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil
expand article infoMateus C.A. Pestana‡, Niksoney A. Mendonça‡, Rafael F. Oliveira‡, Maria da C. C. Bastos‡, Maria I. Silva‡, Amabille M. Barroso‡, Regis C. Hora‡, Elidio A. E. Guarçoni§
‡ Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Chapadinha, Brazil§ Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Bacabal, Brazil

Corresponding author: Elidio A. E. Guarçoni ( elidio.guarconi@ufma.br )

Academic editor: Juliana de Paula-Souza
© Mateus C.A. Pestana, Niksoney A. Mendonça, Rafael F. Oliveira, Maria da C. C. Bastos, Maria I. Silva, Amabille M. Barroso, Regis C. Hora, Elidio A. E. Guarçoni.
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Citation: Pestana MCA, Mendonça NA, Oliveira RF, Bastos MCC, Silva MI, Barroso AM, Hora RC, Guarçoni EAE (2022) First records of Utricularia breviscapa C. Wright ex Griseb. (Lentibulariaceae) for Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil. Check List 18(4): 861-866. https://doi.org/10.15560/18.4.861
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Abstract

We report the first record of Utricularia breviscapa from the state of Maranhão, northeastern Brazil. We collected this species in the municipality of Chapadinha, eastern Maranhão, within the Cerrado domain. This work adds new information on the flora of Maranhão and on the distribution of U. breviscapa. Illustrations and descriptions are also provided.

Keywords
Aquatic macrophytes, carnivorous plant, Cerrado, lower Parnaiba