''Utricularia'' sect. ''Avesicarioides'' is a
section in the genus ''
Utricularia''. The two species in this section are small
rheophytic
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carnivorous plant
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s native to western Africa.
Sadashi Komiya originally described and published this section in his 1973 taxonomic treatment of the genus.
Peter Taylor revised and refined the section in his 1989
monograph
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on the genus.
[Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.]
See also
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List of ''Utricularia'' species
References
Utricularia
Plant sections
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