Utricularia sect. Steyermarkia

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Steyermarkia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Lentibulariaceae Genus: Utricularia Subgenus: Utricularia Section: Steyermarkia P.Taylor
Type species
U. aureomaculata Steyerm.
Species
Utricularia aureomaculata Utricularia steyermarkii
Synonyms
U. sect. Setiscapella (Barnhart) P.Taylor, partly

Utricularia sect. Steyermarkia is a section in the genus Utricularia. The two species in this section are small lithophyte carnivorous plants native to South America. Both species were previously included in U. sect. Setiscapella until Peter Taylor split them off from it in 1989 with the creation of section Steyermarkia. He did this on the basis of the very different seeds and multinerved leaves seen in these two species. It is named in honor of Julian Alfred Steyermark.^[1]

[edit] See also

• List of Utricularia species

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