''Utricularia benjaminiana'' is a medium-sized suspended or affixed, aquatic,
perennial carnivorous plant
Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans
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that belongs to the
genus ''
Utricularia'' (family
Lentibulariaceae). Its native
distribution Distribution may refer to:
Mathematics
*Distribution (mathematics), generalized functions used to formulate solutions of partial differential equations
* Probability distribution, the probability of a particular value or value range of a vari ...
includes countries in
Africa and
Central
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Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
* Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
and
South America.
[Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]
See also
*
List of Utricularia species
There are around 240 species in the genus ''Utricularia'', belonging to the bladderwort family (Lentibulariaceae). It is the largest genus of carnivorous plants and has a worldwide distribution, being absent only from Antarctica and the oceanic ...
References
Carnivorous plants of Africa
Carnivorous plants of Central America
Carnivorous plants of South America
benjaminiana
Taxa named by Daniel Oliver
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