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Utricularia simulans
Utricularia simulans is a small to medium-sized, probably perennial, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. simulans is native to tropical Africa and the Americas. It grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy soils in open savanna at altitudes from near sea level to . U. simulans was originally described and published by Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger in 1914.Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia: A taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.
Synonyms
U. simulans covers a vast native range and is an extremely variable species, which accounts for the moderate amount of synonymy.
[Aranella fimbriata Barnhart]
[Cosmiza longeciliata Small]
?Polypompholyx bicolor Klotzsch
P. laciniata Benj.
P. laciniata var. rubrocalcarata Griseb.
Utricularia congesta Steyerm.
U. congesta f. deminutiva Steyerm.
[U. fimbriata Leon & Alain]
U. laciniata Mart.
[U. laciniata Buscal.]
U. laciniata var. poeppigiana Buscal.
[U. longeciliata Oliv.]
U. orinocensis Steyerm.
U. surinamensis Buscal.
See also
List of Utricularia species
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