Utricularia livida

Taxobox

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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Bivalvaria"
sectio = "Calpidisca"
species = "U. livida"
binomial = "Utricularia livida"
binomial_authority = E.Mey.

"Utricularia livida" is a very small to medium-sized annual or perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia". It is native to tropical and southern Africa, where it can be found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It also has a widespread native range in Mexico. "U. livida" grows as a terrestrial plant in boggy areas or shallow soils over rock at altitudes from near sea level in eastern Africa to convert|2830|m|ft|0|lk=on|abbr=on. It typically flowers throughout the year whenever its habitat becomes suitably moist. It was originally described and published by Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer in 1837.Taylor, Peter. (1989). "The genus "Utricularia": A taxonomic monograph." Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]

Synonyms

"U. livida" covers a large native range and is an extremely variable species, which accounts for the high degree of synonymy.
*"Calpidisca denticulata" (Benj.) Barnhart
*"Utricularia afromontana" R.E.Fr.
*"U. andicola" Benj.
*"U. denticulata" Benj.
*"U. dregei" Kamieński
*"U. dregei" var. "stricta" Kamieński
*"U. eburnea" R.E.Fr.
*"U. elevata" Kamieński
*"U. elevata" var. "macowani" Kamieński
*"U. engleri" Kamieński
* ["U. exilis" P.Taylor]
*"U. gentryi" Standl.
*"U. humbertiana" H.Perrier
*"U. humbertiana" var. "andringitrensis" H.Perrier
*"U. humilis" Phillips
*"U. ibarensis" Baker
* ["U. kirkii" Stapf]
*"U. livida" var. "engleri" (Kamieński) Stapf
*"U. livida" var. "micrantha" Kamieński
*"U. livida" var. "pauciflora" Kamieński
*"U. lobata" Fernald
*"U. longecalcarata" Benj.
*"U. madagascariensis" A.DC.
*"U. mauroyae" H.Perrier
*"U. odontosperma" Stapf
* ["U. parkeri" H.Perrier]
* ["U. prehensilis" var. "huillensis" Kamieński]
*"U. sanguinea" Oliv.
*"U. sanguinea" var. "minor" Kamieński
*"U. sematophora" Stapf
*"U. sinuata" Benj.
*"U. spartea" Baker
*"U. spartea" var. "marojejensis" H.Perrier
*"U. spartea" var. "subspicata" H.Perrier
*"U. spartioides" Elliot ex H.Perrier
*"U. sprengelii" var. "humilis" Kamieński
*"U. transrugosa" Stapf
* ["U. tribracteata" Kamieński]

See also

* List of "Utricularia" species

References