Utricularia prehensilis

Taxobox


status =
status_ref =
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lentibulariaceae
genus = "Utricularia"
subgenus = "Bivalvaria"
sectio = "Oligocista"
species = "U. prehensilis"
binomial = "Utricularia prehensilis"
binomial_authority = E.Mey.
synonyms =
*"U. bifida" Bojer ex A.DC.
*"U. hians" A.DC.
*"U. huillensis" Welw. ex Kamieński
*"U. lingulata" Baker
*"U. prehensilis" var. "hians" (A.DC.) Kamieński
*"U. prehensilis" var. "huillensis" Kamieński
*"U. prehensilis" var. "lingulata" (Baker) Kamieński
*"U. quadricarinata" Suess.

"Utricularia prehensilis" is a small to medium-sized, probably perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus "Utricularia". It is native to tropical and southern Africa, where it can be found in Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. "U. prehensilis" grows as a terrestrial plant in marshes, bogs, and swamps from altitudes around sea level near its southern range up to convert|2100|m|ft|0|abbr=on|lk=on in southern Tanzania. It was originally described by Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer in 1837.Taylor, Peter. (1989). "The genus "Utricularia": A taxonomic monograph." Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]

See also

* List of "Utricularia" species

References