''Utricularia letestui'' is a small, probably annual,

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that belongs to the

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'' Utricularia''. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...

and is only known from three collections. ''U. letestui'' grows as a terrestrial plant in seasonally flooded grasslands, usually at altitudes around . It was originally described and published by Peter Taylor in 1989. It was named in honor of the French collector G. Le Testu.Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

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* Carnivorous plants of Africa letestui Endemic flora of the Central African Republic {{Lentibulariaceae-stub

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