''Utricularia reticulata'' is a medium to large-sized, probably annual

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 native to India and

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. reticulata'' grows as a terrestrial or subaquatic plant in marshy grasslands or wet soils over rocks at lower altitudes up to . It is also a common weed found in rice fields. ''U. reticulata'' was originally described by James Edward Smith in 1808, but he did not cite a specimen and instead referred to a botanical print in

Hendrik van Rheede Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Drakenstein (Amsterdam, 13 April 1636 – at sea, 15 December 1691) was a military man and a colonial administrator of the Dutch East India Company and naturalist. Between 1669 and 1676 he served as a governor of D ...

's 1689 '' Hortus Malabaricus''.Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London. Utricularia reticulata 02

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Carnivorous plants of Asia Flora of India (region) Flora of Sri Lanka reticulata {{Lentibulariaceae-stub

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