Utricularia praeterita

Summary

Utricularia praeterita is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to India. U. praeterita grows as a terrestrial plant in wet soils over laterite and by stream banks. It was originally described by Peter Taylor in 1983.[1]

Utricularia praeterita
Scientific classification Edit this 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. praeterita
Binomial name
Utricularia praeterita
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References edit

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