Research Article
Medicinal and Environmental Indicator Species of Utricularia from Montane Forest of Peninsular Malaysia
Table 4
Utricularia of Peninsular Malaysia montane microhabitat details.
| Species | Montane microhabitat type | Altitude (m a.s.l.) | pH range |
| Common and fairly common species |
| U. aurea | Reservoir or man-made ponds | 0–1,231 | 3–7 | U. bifida | Wayside puddles, damp sandy spot | 4–1,190 | 4–6 | U. gibba | Reservoir or ponds | 0–1,577 | 3–5.5 | U. minutissima | Heaths, stream banks, damp spots, puddles | 1–2,180 | 4–6 | U. striatula ∆ | Wet/dripping rock faces/tree trunks/branches, mossy mounds | 150–2,180 | 3.5–5.5 | U. uliginosa | Stream beds, Sphagnum bogs | 1–1,362 | 3.5–6.5 |
| Narrow Range Species |
| U. caerulea | Stream banks | 1–901 | 4.5–6 | U. involvens ∆ | Waterfalls, damp grassy spots | 750–1,189 | 3.5–6 |
| Rare Species |
| U. furcellata ∆ | Heaths | 1,500 | c. 5 | U. scandens ∆ | Stony heaths, stream banks, damp grassy spots | 380–387 | c. 5 | U. vitellina ∆ | Stream banks, mountain tops well-aerated damp mossy mounds | 1,526–2,080 | 3.5–5 |
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m a.s.l. = metre above sea level. ∆Essentially mountain species in hilly microhabitats above 300 m altitude.
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