''Utricularia jackii'' is a terrestrial

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that belongs to the

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'' Utricularia''. It is

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Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

. ''U. jackii'' grows among wet rocks at higher altitudes (around ) or sometimes in evergreen forests. It was first collected in 1927 and again in 1958. In his 1989 revision of his monograph, Peter Taylor discussed the specimen and identified it as potentially distinct, but never formally described it. John Adrian Naicker Parnell located the

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specimens in preparation for a review of Lentibulariaceae of Thailand and formally described it as a new species in 2005. Parnell named it in honor of his father, John "Jack" Thomas Mackie Parnell.Parnell, J.A.N. (2005)
An account of the Lentibulariaceae of Thailand.
''Thai Forest Bulletin, Botany'', 33: 101-144.

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jackii Carnivorous plants of Asia Endemic flora of Thailand Plants described in 2005 {{Lentibulariaceae-stub

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