Utricularia alpina
Utricularia alpina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lentibulariaceae |
Genus: | Utricularia |
Subgenus: | Utricularia subg. Utricularia |
Section: | Utricularia sect. Orchidioides |
Species: | U. alpina
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Binomial name | |
Utricularia alpina Jacq.
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Utricularia alpina is a medium-sized terrestrial or epiphytic, perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. alpina is native to the Antilles and northern South America, where it is found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, and Venezuela. In the Antilles it can be found in Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, and Trinidad.[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.
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Categories:
- Carnivorous plants of South America
- Flora of Brazil
- Flora of Colombia
- Flora of Dominica
- Flora of Guadeloupe
- Flora of Guyana
- Flora of Jamaica
- Flora of Martinique
- Flora of Trinidad and Tobago
- Flora of Venezuela
- Utricularia
- Plants described in 1760
- Taxa named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
- Lentibulariaceae stubs