Utricularia parthenopipes

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Utricularia parthenopipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Lentibulariaceae Genus: Utricularia Subgenus: Bivalvaria Section: Aranella Species: U. parthenopipes
Binomial name
Utricularia parthenopipes P.Taylor

Utricularia parthenopipes is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. parthenopipes is endemic to the Brazilian state of Bahia. It grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy soils over sandstone rocks at altitudes from 500 m (1,640 ft) to 1,500 m (4,921 ft). It flowers between January and June in its native range. U. parthenopipes was originally described and published by Peter Taylor in 1986.^[1]

[edit] See also

• List of Utricularia species

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