Utricularia simmonsii

Taxobox


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Bivalvaria"
sectio = "Minutae"
sectio_authority = Lowrie, Cowie & Conran
species = "U. simmonsii"
binomial = "Utricularia simmonsii"
binomial_authority = Lowrie, Cowie & Conran

"Utricularia simmonsii" is a small annual or perennial terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia" and is the only member of "Utricularia" sect. "Minutae". "U. simmonsii" is endemic to Australia and is only known from a few locations in the Northern Territory and Queensland. It and the section "Minutae" were originally published and described by Allen Lowrie, Ian D. Cowie, and John Godfrey Conran in 2008. It was named in honor of Paul Simmons, who discovered the species in Queensland in 2005.Lowrie, Allen, Cowie, Ian D., Conran, John G. (2008). A new species and section of "Utricularia" (Lentibulariaceae) from northern Australia. "Telopea", 12(1): 31-46.]

Lowrie "et al." placed the section and species in subgenus "Utricularia" "sensu" Taylor (1989) or subgenus "Bivalvaria" "sensu" Müller & Borsch (2005), though the authors noted that it shares morphologically affinities with sections "Enskide" and "Pleiochasia". Molecular studies could confirm its subgeneric placement.Müller KF and Borsch T. (2005). Phylogenetics of "Utricularia" (Lentibulariaceae) and molecular evolution of the "trn"K intron in a lineage with high substitutional rates. "Plant Systematics and Evolution", 250: 39-67.] Müller KF, Borsch T, Legendre L, Porembski S, and Barthlott W. (2006). Recent progress in understanding the evolution of carnivorous Lentibulariaceae (Lamiales). "Plant Biology", 8: 748-757.] Taylor, Peter. (1989). "The genus "Utricularia": A taxonomic monograph." Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]

See also

* List of "Utricularia" species

References