Utricularia graminifolia

Utricularia graminifolia is a small perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to Asia, where it can be found in Burma, China, India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. U. graminifolia grows as a terrestrial or affixed subaquatic plant in wet soils or in marshes, usually at lower altitudes but ascending to 1,500 m (4,921 ft) in Burma. It was originally described and published by Martin Vahl in 1804.[2] It has also recently been grown in planted aquaria.

Utricularia graminifolia
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. graminifolia
Binomial name
Utricularia graminifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Utricularia acuta Benj.
  • Utricularia conferta Wight
  • Utricularia equiseticaulis Blatt. & McCann
  • Utricularia parviflora Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.
  • Utricularia pedicellata Wight
  • Utricularia purpurascens J.Graham
  • Utricularia subrecta Lace
  • Utricularia uliginoides Wight

See also

References
  1. "Utricularia graminifolia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.


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