Utricularia asplundii

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Utricularia asplundii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Lentibulariaceae Genus: Utricularia Subgenus: Utricularia Section: Orchidioides Species: U. asplundii
Binomial name
Utricularia asplundii P.Taylor
Synonyms
[U. jamesoniana A.Fernández]

Utricularia asplundii is a small to medium sized terrestrial or epiphytic, perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. asplundii is endemic to western South America and is found in Colombia and Ecuador. It was originally published and described by Peter Taylor in 1975. Specimens cited by Alvaro Fernández-Pérez in 1964 from Colombia as U. jamesoniana were partly U. jamesoniana and partly U. asplundii.^[1]

[edit] See also

• List of Utricularia species

[edit] References