Utricularia adpressa

Taxobox


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Bivalvaria"
sectio = "Oligocista"
species = "U. adpressa"
binomial = "Utricularia adpressa"
binomial_authority = Salzm. ex A.St.-Hil. & Girard
synonyms =
*"U. aureola" S.F.Blake
*"U. aureolimba" Steyerm.

"Utricularia adpressa" is a small, probably annual, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia". It is endemic to Central and South America and is found in Belize, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela. It was also said to be collected from Colombia by Alvaro Fernández-Pérez, but those specimens are actually "U. chiribiquitensis". "U. adpressa" grows as a terrestrial plant in wet sandy savannas at altitudes from near sea level to convert|1250|m|ft|0|lk=on|abbr=on. It was originally named by Philipp Salzmann but formally described and published by Augustin Saint-Hilaire and Frédéric de Girard in 1838.Taylor, Peter. (1989). "The genus "Utricularia": A taxonomic monograph." Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]

See also

* List of "Utricularia" species

References