''Utricularia densiflora'' is a

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in the genus '' Utricularia'' and is endemic to Brazil. It is a hydrophytic herb that has

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s up to long. It produces inflorescences around long with the

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s and flowers arranged spirally around the inflorescence. The species epithet ''densiflora'' refers to the density of flowers that each plant produces, which typically ranges from 15 to 23 flowers congested near the top of the inflorescence. Beneath the lowermost opened flower, there are several rudimentary or dormant flower buds that make it unique in the genus, along with other diagnostic characteristics. It is most similar morphologically to '' U. erectiflora'' and '' U. meyeri''.Souza, PCB and CP Bove. 2011
A new species of ''Utricularia'' (Lentibulariaceae) from Chapada dos Veadeiros (Central Brazil).
''Systematic Botany'', 36(2): 465-469. ''Utricularia densiflora'' is only known from one location near the Serra da Baleia in the

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in Goiás state, Brazil. It grows in natural pools of water about deep in the grasslands, growing sympatrically with '' Eriocaulon'' aff. ''heteropeplon''. The type specimen was collected at an elevation of in 2009 and was formally described by Paulo Cesar Baleeiro Souza and

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in 2011.

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