Utricularia pusilla

Utricularia pusilla, the tiny bladderwort,[2] is an annual, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia (family Lentibulariaceae). Its distribution includes ranges in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America: specifically in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.[1][3]

Utricularia pusilla
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. Setiscapella
Species:
U. pusilla
Binomial name
Utricularia pusilla
Vahl 1804

See also

References

  1. Clarke, C.M. (2018). "Utricularia pusilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T107425754A144009121. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. "Utricularia pusilla". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
  3. Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.


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