''Utricularia meyeri'' is a medium-sized, probably
perennial 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 western
Goias and eastern
Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP.
Neighboring ...
in central
Brazil. ''U. meyeri'' grows as a terrestrial plant in bogs and seasonally flooded swamps and grasslands at altitudes from to around . It was originally described by
Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger in 1901 and later reduced to
synonymy under ''
U. erectiflora'' by
Peter Taylor in 1967. He later reevaluated his decision on the basis of
scanning electron microscope images of the seed of the two species.
[Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]
See also
*
List of ''Utricularia'' species
References
meyeri
Carnivorous plants of South America
Endemic flora of Brazil
Flora of Goiás
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