''Utricularia biovularioides'' is a small, suspended aquatic
annual 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). It is
endemic to
Brazil and, as of
Peter Taylor's 1989
monograph
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on the genus, has only been located twice. The type specimen has not been located.
[Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]
See also
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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 ocean ...
References
Carnivorous plants of South America
Flora of Brazil
biovularioides
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