''Utricularia moniliformis'' is a small perennial

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that belongs to the genus '' Utricularia''. It is endemic to

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. ''U. moniliformis'' grows as a lithophyte on wet rocks at altitudes from to . It was formally described as a species by Peter Taylor in 1986, although it was first recorded as ''U. orbiculata'' by George Henry Kendrick Thwaites in 1860 and later by

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in 1890.Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

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Carnivorous plants of Asia Flora of Sri Lanka Plants described in 1986

moniliformis Moniliformidae is a family of parasitic spiny-headed (or thorny-headed) worms. It is the only family in the Moniliformida order and contains three genera: ''Australiformis'' containing a single species, ''Moniliformis'' containing eighteen speci ...

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