Utricularia cecilii

Taxobox


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Bivalvaria"
sectio = "Oligocista"
species = "U. cecilii"
binomial = "Utricularia cecilii"
binomial_authority = P.Taylor

"Utricularia cecilii" is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia". It is endemic to an area around Mangalore in Karnataka state and is only known from the type location and one other collection from the same region. "U. cecilii" grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, shallow soils over laterite. It flowers in August and September. "U. cecilii" was originally described and published by Peter Taylor in 1984. This species is named in honor of Father Cecil Saldanha S.J., who had shown Taylor this species in 1981.Taylor, Peter. (1989). "The genus "Utricularia": A taxonomic monograph." Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]

See also

* List of "Utricularia" species

References