''Utricularia odorata'' 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
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that belongs to the
genus ''
Utricularia''. It is native to
southeastern Asia (
Cambodia,
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
,
Thailand, and
Vietnam) and northern
Australia
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(
Northern Territory). ''U. odorata'' grows as a terrestrial plant in wet grasslands at low altitudes. It was originally described by
François Pellegrin
François Pellegrin (25 September 1881, in Paris's 6e arrondissement – 9 April 1965, in the Hôpital Bichat in the 18e arrondissement) was a French botanist, who specialised in the plants of tropical Africa.
He published some 623 plant names ...
in 1920.
[ ] The
specific epithet
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''odorata'' is derived from reports that the flowers are fragrant.
[Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]
See also
*
List of ''Utricularia'' species
References
External links
''Utricularia odorata'' occurrence datafrom
GBIF
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odorata
Carnivorous plants of Asia
Carnivorous plants of Australia
Flora of Indo-China
Flora of the Northern Territory
Lamiales of Australia
Taxa named by François Pellegrin
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