Pinguicula Toldensis
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''Pinguicula toldensis'' is an insectivorous plant of the
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Pinguicula ''Pinguicula'', commonly known as the butterworts, is a genus of carnivorous flowering plants in the family Lentibulariaceae. They use sticky, glandular leaves to lure, trap, and digest insects in order to supplement the poor mineral nutrition ...
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endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
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Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa Nipe-Sagua-Baracoa, also known as Macizo Nipe Sagua Baracoa ("Nipe Sagua Baracoa Massif"), is a mountain range of eastern Cuba. Geography The range is located in Holguín Province and Guantánamo Province, and slightly into Santiago de Cuba Pr ...
mountain region of eastern
Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
.Casper, S.J. 2007. ''Pinguicula lippoldii'' nova spec. and ''Pinguicula toldensis'' nova spec. – two endemic ''Pinguicula'' species (Lentibulariaceae) from East Cuba new to science. ''Wulfenia'' 14: 75–96.


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Carnivorous plants of North America toldensis Endemic flora of Cuba Plants described in 2007 {{Lentibulariaceae-stub