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Utricularia reniformis

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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom:

Plantae

Clade:

Angiosperms

Clade:

Eudicots

Clade:

Asterids
Order:

Lamiales
Family:

Lentibulariaceae
Genus:

Utricularia
Subgenus:

Utricularia subg. Utricularia
Section:

Utricularia sect. Orchidioides
Species:

U. reniformis


Binomial name

Utricularia reniformis
A.St.-Hil.


Synonyms


  • U. ianthina Hook.f.


  • U. maxima Weber ex Benj.


  • U. nelumbifolia var. macahensis
    Fromm


  • U. reniformis var. kromeri Ule


  • U. reniformis f. minor Luetzelb.

Utricularia reniformis is a large perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. reniformis is endemic to Brazil. It was originally published and described by Augustin Saint-Hilaire in 1830. It usually grows as a terrestrial plant in wet grasslands and only sometimes as an epiphyte in the water-filled leaf axils of some bromeliad species. It is typically found between altitudes of 750 m (2,461 ft) and 1,900 m (6,234 ft) in its southern range and up to 2,500 m (8,202 ft) in its northern range. It has been collected in flower between October and March.[1]



See also


  • List of Utricularia species


References




  1. ^ Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.











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