Utricularia polygaloides

Utricularia polygaloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lentibulariaceae
Genus:	Utricularia
Subgenus:	Utricularia subg. Bivalvaria
Section:	Utricularia sect. 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]

References

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

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[Taylor_1989-1] Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

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