Utricularia tortilis

Taxobox


status =
status_ref =
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Bivalvaria"
sectio = "Oligocista"
species = "U. tortilis"
binomial = "Utricularia tortilis"
binomial_authority = Welw. ex Oliv.
synonyms =
* ["U. caerulea" Oliv.]
*"U. falcata" R.D.Good
*"U. gyrans" Suess.
* ["U. prehensilis" var. "parviflora" De Wild.]
* ["U. spiralis" Stapf]
*"U. spiralis" var. "tortilis" (Welw. ex Oliv.) P.Taylor
*"U. tortilis" var. "andongensis" Kamieński
* ["U. uliginoides" Kamieński]

"Utricularia tortilis" is a small to medium-sized annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia". It is endemic to tropical Africa and can be found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. "U. tortilis" grows as a terrestrial plant in swamps or marshes in peaty or sandy soils at altitudes from sea level to convert|1860|m|ft|0|abbr=on|lk=on. It was originally described by Friedrich Welwitsch but validly published by Daniel Oliver in 1865.Taylor, Peter. (1989). "The genus "Utricularia": A taxonomic monograph." Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]

See also

* List of "Utricularia" species

References