Utricularia mirabilis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lentibulariaceae |
| Genus: | Utricularia |
| Subgenus: | Utricularia subg. Utricularia |
| Section: | Utricularia sect. Mirabiles |
| Species: | U. mirabilis
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| Utricularia mirabilis | |
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Utricularia mirabilis is a small, perennial, rheophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. mirabilis is endemic to Venezuela, where it is known from the type location near Campo Grande. It grows as a rheophyte in creek beds of shallow running water at altitudes around 1,500 m (4,921 ft). It has been collected in fruit and flower in December. It was originally described and published by Peter Taylor in 1986.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.
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