Biology:Utricularia minutissima

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Short description: Species of carnivorous plant

Utricularia minutissima
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Utricularia
Subgenus: Utricularia subg. Utricularia
Section: Utricularia sect. Meionula
Species:
U. minutissima
Binomial name
Utricularia minutissima
Vahl

Utricularia minutissima is a small or very small terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. minutissima is native to Asia (Burma, Cambodia, China , India , Indonesia, Japan , Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines , Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam) and Australia . Among the islands of Southeast Asia, it is found on Borneo, New Guinea, and Sumatra.[1]

It was originally described and published by Martin Vahl in 1804. It grows as a terrestrial plant in damp or wet open areas with muddy or sandy soils at altitudes from sea level to 2,100 m (6,890 ft). It has been collected in flower between July and December.[1]

Synonyms

  • Meionula parviflora Raf.
  • U. barnesii F.E.Lloyd
  • U. brevilabris Lace
  • U. brevilabris var. parviflora Pellegr.
  • U. calliphysa Stapf
  • U. capillacea Wight
  • U. evrardii Pellegr.
  • U. lilliput Pellegr.
  • U. minutissima f. albiflora (Komiya) Komiya & C.Shibata
  • U. nigricaulis Ridl.
  • U. nipponica Makino
  • U. nipponica f. albiflora Komiya
  • U. pygmaea R.Br.
  • U. siamensis Ostenf.
  • Vesiculina pygmaea (R.Br.) Raf.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

Wikidata ☰ Q7903104 entry