Utricularia minutissima

Taxobox

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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Utricularia"
sectio = "Meionula"
species = "U. minutissima"
binomial = "Utricularia minutissima"
binomial_authority = Vahl

"Utricularia minutissima" is a small or very small terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia". "U. minutissima" is native to Asia (Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam) and Australia. Among the islands of Southeast Asia, it is found on Borneo, New Guinea, and Sumatra.Taylor, Peter. (1989). "The genus "Utricularia": A taxonomic monograph." Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]

It was originally described and published by Martin Vahl in 1804. It grows as a terrestrial plant in damp or wet open areas with muddy or sandy soils at altitudes from sea level to convert|2100|m|ft|0|lk=on|abbr=on. It has been collected in flower between July and December.

Synonyms

*"Meionula parviflora" Raf.
*"U. barnesii" F.E.Lloyd
*"U. brevilabris" Lace
*"U. brevilabris" var. "parviflora" Pellegr.
*"U. calliphysa" Stapf
*"U. capillacea" Wight
*"U. evrardii" Pellegr.
*"U. lilliput" Pellegr.
*"U. minutissima" f. "albiflora" (Komiya) Komiya & C.Shibata
*"U. nigricaulis" Ridl.
*"U. nipponica" Makino
*"U. nipponica" f. "albiflora" Komiya
*"U. pygmaea" R.Br.
*"U. siamensis" Ostenf.
*"Vesiculina pygmaea" (R.Br.) Raf.

See also

* List of "Utricularia" species

References