''Utricularia rostrata'' is a small annual (occasionally a perennial)

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that belongs to the genus '' Utricularia''. ''U. rostrata'' is endemic to the Chapada Diamantina highlands of Bahia, Brazil. It grows as a terrestrial plant in damp sandy soils near streams and waterfalls in semi-shaded areas at altitudes from . It was originally described and published by

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and Fernando Rivadavia in 2009, though specimens of this species had been discovered as early as 1992. Fleischmann and Rivadavia note that the species is common throughout the Chapada Diamantina highlands and its distribution includes Chapada Diamantina National Park, thus justifying its ranking as a species of Least Concern under the

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.Fleischmann, A., and F. Rivadavia. 2009. ''Utricularia rostrata'' (Lentibulariaceae), a new species from the Chapada Diamantina, Brazil. ''Kew Bulletin'', 64: 155-159. Flowers of ''U. rostrata'' are white, mauve, or violet and the lower

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lip has a yellow area on it. It has been placed in section '' Aranella'' and appears to be most closely related to '' U. costata'', though it differs from all members of section ''Aranella'' in its rostrate upper

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lobe.

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