''Utricularia inflexa'' is a medium to large sized suspended aquatic
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 probably a
perennial plant. ''U. inflexa'' is
endemic to
Africa and the
Indian subcontinent.
[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 oceanic ...
References
External links
''Utricularia inflexa''in Brunken, U., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Janssen, T., Thiombiano, A. & Zizka, G. 2008. West African plants - A Photo Guide. www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de.
Georeferenced occurrence data for ''Utricularia inflexa''from
GBIF
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inflexa
Carnivorous plants of Africa
Carnivorous plants of Asia
Flora of Africa
Flora of the Indian subcontinent
Plants described in 1775
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