Re: "Extinct" Habitat

Jan Schlauer (Jan@pbc-ths1.pci.chemie.uni-tuebingen.de)
Mon, 15 Apr 1996 10:22:19 +0100

Dear Paul,

>Isn't it true that one species of Utric was lost to cultivation
>following the disappearance of it's sole habitat. It grew on a volcano
>which regrettably did what comes naturally to volcanoes - Bang!

I do not know of any such case in _Utricularia_. Such a species is
assumedly not in cultivation. Only few species of _U._ are restricted to
one or few mountains but all of which were either recently confirmed to
still exist where they belong or not seen for a while because nobody
managed to access their remote homes. Where should the species you
mentioned have come from? Most rare species of _Utricularia_ are threatened
by the various enterprises by _Homo sapiens_.

Kind regards
Jan