''Utricularia chiribiquitensis'' is a small, probably
annual,
carnivorous plant
Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans
Protozoa (singular: protozoan or protozoon; alternative plural: protozoans) are a group of single-celled eukaryot ...
that belongs to the
genus ''
Utricularia''. It is
endemic to
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
and
Venezuela. ''U. chiribiquitensis'' grows as a terrestrial plant in wet, sandy savannas or marshes at altitudes from to . It was originally described and published by
Alvaro Fernández-Pérez in 1964. The species epithet, ''chiribiquitensis'', refers to the mountain range in Colombia where this species is found.
[Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]
See also
*
List of ''Utricularia'' species
References
Carnivorous plants of South America
Flora of Colombia
Flora of Venezuela
chiribiquitensis
Plants described in 1964
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