Utricularia podadena

Taxobox


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Utricularia"
sectio = "Candollea"
sectio_authority = P.Taylor
species = "U. podadena"
binomial = "Utricularia podadena"
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"Utricularia podadena" is a small, probably perennial, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia" and is the only member of "Utricularia" sect. "Candollea". "U. podadena" is endemic to Malawi and Mozambique, being known only from the type location in Malawi and from one other collection in Mozambique. As of Peter Taylor's 1989 monograph on the genus, more recent efforts to locate this species have failed. It was originally published and described by Taylor in 1964 and placed in its own section, "Candollea", in 1986. It grows as a terrestrial plant in marshy grasslands in the presence of "Loudetia" species at altitudes of around convert|1000|m|ft|0|lk=on|abbr=on. It flowers in July. It is a very distinct plant in the genus with the long stipitate glandular trichomes covering the flower. Its affinities within the genus are not clear.Taylor, Peter. (1989). "The genus "Utricularia": A taxonomic monograph." Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]

See also

* List of "Utricularia" species

References