Utricularia reflexa

Utricularia reflexa is a small to medium-sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. reflexa is endemic to Africa and can be found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, the Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[1]

Utricularia reflexa
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. Utricularia
Species:
U. reflexa
Binomial name
Utricularia reflexa
Synonyms
  • U. bangweolensis R.E.Fr.
  • U. charoidea Stapf
  • U. diploglossa Welw. ex Oliv.
  • U. grandivesiculosa Czech
  • U. imerinensis H.Perrier
  • U. magnavesica R.D.Good
  • U. pilifera A.Chev.
  • U. platyptera Stapf
  • U. reflexa var. parviflora P.Taylor
  • U. reflexa var. reflexa P.Taylor

See also

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


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