Utricularia albocaerulea

Utricularia albocaerulea is a small, probably annual, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to Maharashtra, India and is only known from a few locations in the southwestern part of this state. U. albocaerulea grows as a terrestrial plant in damp soil and on wet rocks. It was originally described and published by Nicol Alexander Dalzell in 1851.[1]

Utricularia albocaerulea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Utricularia
Subgenus: Utricularia subg. Bivalvaria
Section: Utricularia sect. Oligocista
Species:
U. albocaerulea
Binomial name
Utricularia albocaerulea

See also

References

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


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