Utricularia cucullata

Utricularia cucullata is a small suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. cucullata is endemic to South America and can be found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela.[1]

Utricularia cucullata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Utricularia
Subgenus: Utricularia subg. Utricularia
Section: Utricularia sect. Vesiculina
Species:
U. cucullata
Binomial name
Utricularia cucullata
A.St.-Hil. & Girard
Synonyms
  • U. ayacuchae Steyerm.
  • U. elephas Luetzelb.
  • U. malmeana Sylvén
  • U. palatina Weber ex Benj.
  • Vesiculina cucullata
    (A.St.-Hil. & Girard) Barnhart

See also

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


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