''Utricularia calycifida'' is a small to medium-sized terrestrial

perennial A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wide ...

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that belongs to the

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'' Utricularia''. ''U. calycifida'' is

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to northern

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and can be found in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

, and

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

.Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London. ''Utricularia calycifida'' is frequently grown by carnivorous plant specialists. Because of its large leaves and variations in flower color and size, several

cultivar A cultivar is a type of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and when propagated retain those traits. Methods used to propagate cultivars include: division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue culture, ...

s of this species have been established, e.g. ''Utricularia'' 'Lavinia Whateley', ''U.'' '

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', ''U.'' '

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', ''U.'' 'Mrs. Marsh,' and ''U.'' 'Asenath Waite.'Meyers-Rice, B., J. Brittnacher & L. Song (2000)
New Cultivars
'' Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' 29(1): 14–21.Hinkson, S.J. & B. Meyers-Rice. (2001)
New Cultivars
'' Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' 30(3): 75-77. These names are based upon characters in the novels and short stories of H. P. Lovecraft.

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New Cultivars - Carnivorous Plant Newsletter Volume 29, Number 1, March 2000, pages 14 - 21

Carnivorous plants of South America Flora of Brazil Flora of Guyana Flora of Suriname Flora of Venezuela calycifida {{Lentibulariaceae-stub

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