Utricularia striatula

Utricularia striatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Utricularia
Subgenus: Bivalvaria
Section: Phyllaria
Species: U. striatula
Binomial name
Utricularia striatula
Sm.
Synonyms
  • Lemnopsis mnioides Zippel
  • Meloneura purpurea Raf.
  • M. striatula (Sm.) Barnhart
  • Utricularia anthropophora Ridl.
  • [U. furcellata Pellegr.
  • U. glochidiata Wight
  • U. harlandii Oliv. ex Benth.
  • U. orbiculata Wall.
  • U. philetas R.D.Good
  • U. pusilla J.Graham
  • U. rosulata Benj.
  • U. striatula var. minor Ridl.
  • U. taikankoensis Yamamoto

Utricularia striatula is a small carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is widespread from tropical Africa to New Guinea. U. striatula grows as a lithophyte or epiphyte on wet rocks or tree trunks at altitudes from near sea level to 3,300 m (10,827 ft). It was originally described by James Edward Smith in 1819.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.


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