Utricularia neottioides

Utricularia neottioides is a perennial, affixed aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia (family Lentibulariaceae). It is a mat-forming rheophyte that is attached to rocks in the shallows of swiftly moving water. It is endemic to South America and is found in the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, and Bolivia.[1]

Utricularia neottioides
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. Avesicaria
Species:
U. neottioides
Binomial name
Utricularia neottioides
A.St.Hil & Girard 1838
Synonyms

U. herzogii

Luetz. 1909

U. glazioviana

Warm. ex Glaz. 1911

Avesicaria neottioides

(A.St.Hil & Girard) Barnhart 1916

See also

References

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


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