TWO RECENT PLANT DISCOVERIES IN MISSOURI:
CLADIUM MARISCUS SUBSP. JAMAICENSE (CYPERACEAE)
AND UTRICULARIA MINOR (LENTIBULARIACEAE)
SCOTT A. NAMESTNIK
JUSTIN R. THOMAS
BRADFORD S. SLAUGHTER
ABSTRACT
Here we report the first Missouri records for Cladium mariscus (L.) Pohl subsp. jamaicense (Crantz) Kük. (Cyperaceae) and Utricularia minor L. (Lentibulariaceae). Both taxa are documented from The Nature Conservancy’s Shut-in Mountain Fens Preserve in Shannon County, within the Ozark Highlands ecoregion of southeastern Missouri.
KEY WORDS: Cyperaceae, Lentibulariaceae, Cladium, Utricularia, Missouri, Shannon County
