Utricularia foveolata

Taxobox


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Bivalvaria"
sectio = "Oligocista"
species = "U. foveolata"
binomial = "Utricularia foveolata"
binomial_authority = Edgew.
synonyms =
*"U. baoulensis" A.Chev.
* ["U. perpusilla" H.Perrier]
*"U. scandens" Oliv.
* ["U. spiralis" Hutch. & Dalziel]
*"U. tenerrima" Merr.

"Utricularia foveolata" is a small, probably annual, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia". It is native to the Old World tropics, where it can be found in Africa (Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia), Asia (China, India, the Philippines, Thailand), Australia, and on the eastern end of Java. "U. foveolata" grows as a terrestrial or subaquatic plant in wet soils or in shallow water, sometimes as a weed in rice fields in Asia. It was originally described and published by Michael Pakenham Edgeworth in 1847.Taylor, Peter. (1989). "The genus "Utricularia": A taxonomic monograph." Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]

See also

* List of "Utricularia" species

References