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Utricularia lloydii

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Species of carnivorous plant

Utricularia lloydii
Scientific classification Edit this 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. lloydii
Binomial name
Utricularia lloydii
Merl ex F.E.Lloyd

Utricularia lloydii is a small or very small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to Central and South America and is widespread but known from few collections in Bolivia, Brazil, Panama, Suriname, Venezuela. U. lloydii grows as a terrestrial plant in wet sandy soils in savannas at altitudes from sea level to around 600 m (1,969 ft). It was originally named by E. M. Merl and formally described and published by Francis Ernest Lloyd in 1932. Merl named it in honor of Lloyd.

See also

References

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


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