Biology:Utricularia wightiana

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Short description: Species of carnivorous plant

Utricularia wightiana
Scientific classification edit
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. wightiana
Binomial name
Utricularia wightiana
P.Taylor
Synonyms
  • U. caerulea var. β* Oliv.
  • U. caerulea var. squamosa
    (Wight) C.B.Clarke
  • U. squamosa Wight

Utricularia wightiana is a small to medium-sized, probably perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to India and is mostly confined to Nilgiri and Kodaikanal hills of Tamil Nadu state and Attappadi hills of Kerala state of India.[1] U. wightiana grows as a terrestrial plant in marshes and wet grasslands at altitudes from 1,000 m (3,281 ft) to 2,200 m (7,218 ft). It was originally described by Peter Taylor in 1986. It was named in honor of Robert Wight.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Carnivorous Plants". 2014. http://kerenvis.nic.in/Database/CarnivorousPlants_1288.aspx. Retrieved 29 January 2016. 
  2. Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

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