Utricularia pobeguinii

Taxobox


status =
status_ref =
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Bivalvaria"
sectio = "Oligocista"
species = "U. pobeguinii"
binomial = "Utricularia pobeguinii"
binomial_authority = Pellegr.
synonyms =
*"U. spiralis" var. "pobeguinii" (Pellegr.) P.Taylor

"Utricularia pobeguinii" is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia". It is endemic to Africa and is only found in the region around Kindia, Guinea. "U. pobeguinii" grows as a terrestrial plant in wet soils among sandstone at altitudes from convert|500|m|ft|0|lk=on|abbr=on to convert|1000|m|ft|0|abbr=on. It was originally described by François Pellegrin in 1914, reduced to a variety of "U. spiralis" by Peter Taylor in 1963, and later elevated back to the species level by Taylor upon further investigation.Taylor, Peter. (1989). "The genus "Utricularia": A taxonomic monograph." Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]

See also

* List of "Utricularia" species

References