Utricularia spiralis

Utricularia spiralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lentibulariaceae
Genus:	Utricularia
Subgenus:	Bivalvaria
Section:	Oligocista
Species:	U. spiralis
Binomial name
*Utricularia spiralis* Sm.
Synonyms
Nelipus spiralis (Sm.) Raf. Utricularia baumii Kamieński U. baumii var. leptocheilos Pellegr. [U. caerulea Warb.] U. paradoxa F.E.Lloyd U. paradoxa F.E.Lloyd & G.Taylor [U. reticulata Oliv.] U. spiralis var. spiralis P.Taylor

Utricularia spiralis is a medium to large-sized, probably perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to tropical Africa and can be found in Angola, Burundi, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Liberia, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Zambia. U. spiralis grows as a terrestrial plant in swamps or marshes in peaty or sandy soils at altitudes from sea level to 1,860 m (6,102 ft). It was originally described by James Edward Smith in 1819.^[1]

References

↑ Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

Utricularia spiralis in Brunken, U., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Janssen, T., Thiombiano, A. & Zizka, G. 2008. West African plants - A Photo Guide. www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de.

Utricularia (list)