Utricularia simulans

Utricularia simulans
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. Aranella
Species:	U. simulans
Binomial name
	Utricularia simulans; Pilg.
Synonyms
	List Polypompholyx bicolor Klotzsch; Polypompholyx laciniata var. rubrocalcarata Griseb.; Utricularia congesta Steyerm.; Utricularia congesta f. deminutiva Steyerm.; Utricularia laciniata var. poeppigiana Buscal.; Utricularia orinocensis Steyerm.; Utricularia surinamensis Buscal.;

Utricularia simulans, the fringed bladderwort,^[1] is a small to medium-sized, probably perennial, species of carnivorous plant in the family Lentibulariaceae. Utricularia simulans is native to tropical Africa and the Americas. It grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy soils in open savanna at altitudes from near sea level to 1,575 m (5,167 ft). U. simulans was originally described and published by Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger in 1914.^[2]

References

^ NRCS. "Utricularia simulans". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2008-12-28.
^ Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

External links

Utricularia simulans in West African plants – A Photo Guide.

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[PLANTS-1] NRCS. "Utricularia simulans". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2008-12-28.

[Taylor_1989-2] Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

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