Utricularia simulans

Taxobox


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Bivalvaria"
sectio = "Aranella"
species = "U. simulans"
binomial = "Utricularia simulans"
binomial_authority = Pilg.

"Utricularia simulans" is a small to medium-sized, probably perennial, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia". "U. simulans" is native to tropical Africa and the Americas. It grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy soils in open savanna at altitudes from near sea level to convert|1575|m|ft|0|lk=on|abbr=on. "U. simulans" was originally described and published by Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger in 1914.Taylor, Peter. (1989). "The genus "Utricularia": A taxonomic monograph." Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]

Synonyms

"U. simulans" covers a vast native range and is an extremely variable species, which accounts for the moderate amount of synonymy.
* ["Aranella fimbriata" Barnhart]
* ["Cosmiza longeciliata" Small]
*?"Polypompholyx bicolor" Klotzsch
*"P. laciniata" Benj.
*"P. laciniata" var. "rubrocalcarata" Griseb.
*"Utricularia congesta" Steyerm.
*"U. congesta" f. "deminutiva" Steyerm.
* ["U. fimbriata" Leon & Alain]
*"U. laciniata" Mart.
* ["U. laciniata" Buscal.]
*"U. laciniata" var. "poeppigiana" Buscal.
* ["U. longeciliata" Oliv.]
*"U. orinocensis" Steyerm.
*"U. surinamensis" Buscal.

See also

* List of "Utricularia" species

References