<i>Utricularia gibba</i> (Lentibulariaceae): Ecological indicator carnivorous plant of Ansupa & Loktak Lake of India

Lalit Mohan Sahu; Arti Sharma; Sweta Mishra; Sanjeet Kumar

doi:10.36808/if/2025/v151i12/170394

Utricularia gibba (Lentibulariaceae): Ecological indicator carnivorous plant of Ansupa & Loktak Lake of India

Authors

Lalit Mohan Sahu Department of Botany, Rajendra College Autonomous, Balangir, Sambalpur University, Odisha
Arti Sharma Department of Botany, Freedom Fighter Pandit Susheel Rattan Government Degree College, Jawalamukhi, Himachal Pradesh
Sweta Mishra Biodiversity and Conservation Lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Odisha
Sanjeet Kumar Biodiversity and Conservation Lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Odisha

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2025/v151i12/170394

Keywords:

Asnsupa Lake, Ecological indicators, Loktak Lake, Utricularia gibba.

Abstract

Utricularia gibba L., a carnivorous plant from the family Lentibulariaceae, usually grows in fresh water with a low pH. In India, the two freshwater lakes, Ansupa Lake and Loktak Lake, are well-known as the largest freshwater lakes in Odisha and North-East India, respectively. These two freshwater lakes are the hub of carnivorous plant species, and U. gibba is the most frequently available bladderwort in both lakes. In our present studies, authors have focused on vegetative morphology, ecology, ecosystem, association with other groups of organisms, biotic factors, and abiotic factors of this species as an indicator of the ecology of the above-mentioned freshwater lakes. Today, ecological indicators are used in many countries for assessments of our environmental conditions and biodiversity performance to mitigate their negative impacts. Therefore, present study simply hypothesized the criteria for selection and the future aspects of this bladderwort.

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