Utricularia mirabilis

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Utricularia mirabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Lentibulariaceae Genus: Utricularia Subgenus: Utricularia Section: Mirabiles Species: U. mirabilis
Binomial name
Utricularia mirabilis P.Taylor
Synonyms
[U. heterochroma P.Taylor]

Utricularia mirabilis is a small, perennial, rheophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. mirabilis is endemic to Venezuela, where it is known from the type location near Campo Grande. It grows as a rheophyte in creek beds of shallow running water at altitudes around 1,500 m (4,921 ft). It has been collected in fruit and flower in December. It was originally described and published by Peter Taylor in 1986.^[1]

[edit] See also

• List of Utricularia species

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