Utricularia spruceana

Taxobox
name = "Utricularia spruceana"


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Utricularia"
sectio = "Lecticula"
species = "U. spruceana"
binomial = "Utricularia spruceana"
binomial_authority = Benth. ex Oliver 1860
synonyms ="Lecticula spruceana":(Benth. ex Oliver) Barnhart 1916

"Utricularia spruceana" is a small, affixed subaquatic or terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia" (family Lentibulariaceae). It is native to South America with distributions in Brazil and Venezuela. Peter Taylor had reduced this species to a synonym under "U. resupinata" in 1967 because the only difference between the specimens he examined at the time was the smaller size of "U. spruceana". Other collections were made of both species after that publication and Taylor reestablished "U. spruceana" based on these collections that displayed distinct differences between the species.Taylor, Peter. (1989). "The genus "Utricularia": A taxonomic monograph." Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]

See also

* List of Utricularia species

References