Utricularia sect. Avesicarioides

Taxobox
name = "Avesicarioides"


image_caption =
image_width = 220px
status =
status_ref =
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Bivalvaria"
sectio = "Avesicarioides"
sectio_authority = Komiya
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Utricularia rigida"
*"Utricularia tetraloba"
type_species = "U. rigida"
type_species_authority = Benj.

"Utricularia" sect. "Avesicarioides" is a section in the genus "Utricularia". The two species in this section are small rheophytic carnivorous plants native to western Africa. Sadashi Komiya originally described and published this section in his 1973 taxonomic treatment of the genus. Peter Taylor revised and refined the section in his 1989 monograph on the genus.Taylor, Peter. (1989). "The genus "Utricularia": A taxonomic monograph." Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]

See also

* List of "Utricularia" species

References