Utricularia involvens

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Utricularia involvens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Utricularia
Subgenus: Bivalvaria
Section: Oligocista
Species: U. involvens
Binomial name
Utricularia involvens
Ridl.
Synonyms
  • U. pterocalycina O.Schwarz
  • U. tortilis F.Muell.
  • [U. wallichiana F.Muell.]

Utricularia involvens is a medium-sized, probably perennial, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to southeastern Asia (Burma, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand) and northern Australia. U. involvens grows as a terrestrial plant in wet grasslands or open vegetation, usually at low altitudes but ascending to 900 m (2,953 ft) in Malaysia. It was originally described and published by Henry Nicholas Ridley in 1895.[1]

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