Utricularia malabarica

Taxobox


status =
status_ref =
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Bivalvaria"
sectio = "Oligocista"
species = "U. malabarica"
binomial = "Utricularia malabarica"
binomial_authority = Janarth. & A.N.Henry

"Utricularia malabarica" is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia". It is endemic to southern India and has been collected from the Kasaragod district. "U. malabarica" grows over wet rocks or lateritic soils in the presence of "Eriocaulon" species and grasses. It was originally collected by M. K. Janarthanam in 1985 and was formally described by Janarthanam and Ambrose Nathaniel Henry in 1989. It is most closely related to "U. lazulina".Janarthanam MK and Henry AN. (1989). "Utricularia malabarica" sp. nov. (Lentibulariaceae): A terrestrial bladderwort from southern India. "Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society", 86(1): 84-85.]

See also

* List of "Utricularia" species

References