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Utricularia mirabilis

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Species of carnivorous plant

Utricularia mirabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Utricularia
Subgenus: Utricularia subg. Utricularia
Section: Utricularia sect. Mirabiles
Species: U. mirabilis
Binomial name
Utricularia mirabilis
P.Taylor
Synonyms

Utricularia mirabilis is a small, perennial, rheophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. mirabilis is endemic to Venezuela, where it is known from the type location near Campo Grande. It grows as a rheophyte in creek beds of shallow running water at altitudes around 1,500 m (4,921 ft). It has been collected in fruit and flower in December. It was originally described and published by Peter Taylor in 1986.

See also

References

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


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