Utricularia guyanensis

Taxobox


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Utricularia"
sectio = "Stylotheca"
sectio_authority = A.DC.
species = "U. guyanensis"
binomial = "Utricularia guyanensis"
binomial_authority = A.DC.
synonyms =
*"U. peckii" S.F.Blake
*"U. rubricaulis" Tutin

"Utricularia guyanensis" is a small, probably perennial, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia" and is the only member of "Utricularia" sect. "Stylotheca". "U. guyanensis" is native to Central (Honduras and Nicaragua) and South America (Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela). It grows as a terrestrial plant on wet or damp sandy savannas at lower altitudes, but up to convert|1100|m|ft|0|lk=on|abbr=on in Bolívar. It has been collected in flower between January and November. It was originally published and described by Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle in 1844 and placed in its own section, "Stylotheca".Taylor, Peter. (1989). "The genus "Utricularia": A taxonomic monograph." Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]

See also

* List of "Utricularia" species

References