Utricularia simulans

Utricularia simulans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Utricularia
Subgenus: Bivalvaria
Section: Aranella
Species: U. simulans
Binomial name
Utricularia simulans
Pilg.

Utricularia simulans, the fringed bladderwort,[1] is a small to medium-sized, probably perennial, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. simulans is native to tropical Africa and the Americas. It grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy soils in open savanna at altitudes from near sea level to 1,575 m (5,167 ft). U. simulans was originally described and published by Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger in 1914.[2]

Synonyms

U. simulans covers a vast native range and is an extremely variable species, which accounts for the moderate amount of synonymy.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Utricularia simulans". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  2. 1 2 Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

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