Utricularia heterochroma

Taxobox


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Utricularia"
sectio = "Mirabiles"
species = "U. heterochroma"
binomial = "Utricularia heterochroma"
binomial_authority = Steyerm.

"Utricularia heterochroma" is a very small, possibly perennial, rheophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia". "U. heterochroma" is endemic to Venezuela, where it is known from the type location at Ptari-tepuí, two collections from Toronó-tepuí, one collection from Apacara-tepuí, one collection from Serrania Guanay, and several collections from the Chimantá massif. It grows as a rheophyte on wet sandstone cliffs near waterfalls among mosses at altitudes from convert|1760|m|ft|0|lk=on|abbr=on to convert|2450|m|ft|0|abbr=on. It was originally described and published by Julian Alfred Steyermark in 1953.Taylor, Peter. (1989). "The genus "Utricularia": A taxonomic monograph." Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]

See also

* List of "Utricularia" species

References