Utricularia polygaloides

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Utricularia polygaloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Lentibulariaceae Genus: Utricularia Subgenus: Bivalvaria Section: Oligocista Species: U. polygaloides
Binomial name
Utricularia polygaloides Edgew.
Synonyms
U. caerulea var. stricticaulis Koenig [U. humilis Herb.] U. reticulata var. stricticaulis Koenig ex Oliv. [U. reticulata var. uliginosa C.B.Clarke] U. stricticaulis (Koenig ex Oliv.) Stapf ex Gamble

Utricularia polygaloides is a small, probably annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. U. polygaloides grows as a terrestrial plant in wet soils and in cultivated fields at altitudes from around sea level to 1,000 m (3,281 ft). It was originally described by Michael Pakenham Edgeworth in 1847.^[1]

[edit] See also

• List of Utricularia species

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