Utricularia quelchii

Taxobox


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Utricularia"
sectio = "Orchidioides"
species = "U. quelchii"
binomial = "Utricularia quelchii"
binomial_authority = N.E.Br.
synonyms =
*"Orchyllium quelchii" (N.E.Br.) Gleason

"Utricularia quelchii" is a small perennial, epiphyte or terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia". "U. quelchii" is endemic to the Guyana Highland region of Guyana and Venezuela with one collection from Brazil. It was originally published and described by N. E. Brown in 1901. It grows on wet, mossy rocks or banks in swamps and around low tree trunks and branches and sometimes in the water-filled leaf axils of the bromeliad "Brocchinia" species. It is typically found at altitudes around convert|2000|m|ft|0|lk=on|abbr=on, but has been recoreded from altitudes of convert|1400|m|ft|0|abbr=on to convert|2800|m|ft|0|abbr=on, the highest collections representing specimens from Roraima.Taylor, Peter. (1989). "The genus "Utricularia": A taxonomic monograph." Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]

See also

* List of "Utricularia" species

References