Utricularia simplex

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Utricularia simplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Utricularia
Subgenus: Bivalvaria
Section: Australes
Species: U. simplex
Binomial name
Utricularia simplex
R.Br.

Utricularia simplex is a very small perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. simplex is endemic to Western Australia. It grows as a terrestrial plant in peaty soils in heathland or swamps at altitudes near sea level. It was originally described and published by Robert Brown in 1810.[1]

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