Utricularia arenaria

Taxobox


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Bivalvaria"
sectio = "Calpidisca"
species = "U. arenaria"
binomial = "Utricularia arenaria"
binomial_authority = A.DC.

"Utricularia arenaria" is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia". It is native to tropical and southern Africa, where it can be found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democractic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. There has also been a single collection from central India in Madhya Pradesh. "U. arenaria" grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy or peaty soils in swampy grasslands or marshes at altitudes from near sea level to convert|2400|m|ft|0|lk=on|abbr=on. It was originally described and published by Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle in 1844.Taylor, Peter. (1989). "The genus "Utricularia": A taxonomic monograph." Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]

Synonyms

"U. arenaria" covers a vast native range and is a variable species, which accounts for the moderate amount of synonymy.
* ["U. ecklonii" H.Perrier]
*"U. exilis" Oliv.
*"U. exilis" var. "arenaria" (A.DC.) Kamieński
*"U. exilis" var. "bryoides" Welw. ex Hiern
*"U. exilis" var. "ecklonii" (Spreng.) Kamieński
*"U. exilis" var. "hirsuta" Kamieński
*"U. exilis" var. "nematoscapa" Welw. ex Hiern
*"U. kirkii" Stapf
*"U. monophylla" Dinter
* ["U. parkeri" H.Perrier]
*"Utricularia" sp. prob. "U. exilis" Oliv. & sp. aff. "U. exilis" Suess. & Merxm.
*"U. tribracteata" Hochst. ex A.Rich.

See also

* List of "Utricularia" species

References