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Utricularia heterochroma
Utricularia heterochroma is a very small, possibly perennial, rheophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. heterochroma is endemic to Venezuela, where it is known from the type location at Ptari-tepui, two collections from Torono-tepui, one collection from Apacara-tepui, one collection from Serrania Guanay, and several collections from the Chimanta massif. It grows as a rheophyte on wet sandstone cliffs near waterfalls among mosses at altitudes from to . It was originally described and published by Julian Alfred Steyermark in 1953.Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia: A taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.
See also
List of Utricularia species
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