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Utricularia pubescens
Utricularia pubescens is a small to medium sized, probably annual, terrestrial or lithophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia and is the only member of '''Utricularia sect. Lloydia'. U. pubescensis native to India, tropical Africa, and Central and South America. It was originally published and described by James Edward Smith in 1819 and placed in its own section, Lloydia, by Peter Taylor in 1986. It grows as a terrestrial or lithophytic plant in boggy grasslands in damp peaty soils at altitudes from sea level to . This species possesses small peltate leaves, which are diagnostic for this species in the genus.Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia: A taxonomic monograph.Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.
Synonyms
U. pubescensis an extremely variable species and its distribution covers a large native range, two factors that have led to a considerable amount of synonymy.[U. capensisKamienski]
U. connelliiN.E.Br. U. deightoniiF.E.Lloyd & G.Taylor U. fernaldianaF.E.Lloyd & G.Taylor[U. firmulaHutch. & Dalzell]
U. graniticolaA.Chev. & Pellegr. U. hydrocotyloidesF.E.Lloyd & G.Taylor[U. niveaAfzel. ex Kamienski]
U. papillosaStapf[U. paucifloraAfzel. ex Kamienski]
U. peltataSpruce ex Oliv. U. peltatifoliaA.Chev. & Pellegr. U. puberulaBenj. U. regnelliiSylven U. sciaphilaTutin U. subpeltataSteyerm. U. thomasiiF.E.Lloyd & G.Taylor U. venezuelanaSteyerm.See also
List of Utricularia'' species
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