''Utricularia'' sect. ''Phyllaria'' is a section in the genus '' Utricularia''. The sixteen species in this section are small or very small

lithophytic Lithophytes are plants that grow in or on rocks. They can be classified as either epilithic (or epipetric) or endolithic; epilithic lithophytes grow on the surfaces of rocks, while endolithic lithophytes grow in the crevices of rocks (and are als ...

epiphytic An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphytes grow are called phoroph ...

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 ...

s native to the mountains of Asia, ranging from India to

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and New Guinea. One species, ''

Utricularia striatula ''Utricularia striatula'' is a small carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus '' Utricularia''. It is widespread from tropical Africa to New Guinea. ''U. striatula'' grows as a lithophyte or epiphyte on wet rocks or tree trunks at altitudes fr ...

'', is an exception and is widespread in much of the

Old World The "Old World" is a term for Afro-Eurasia that originated in Europe , after Europeans became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia, which were previously thought of by the ...

tropics. Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz originally described and published this section as ''Utricularia'' subg. ''Phyllaria'' in 1874.

Franciszek Kamieński Franciszek Kamieński (9 October 1851 – 16 September 1912) was a Polish botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a sci ...

reviewed the genus in 1891 and reduced Kunz's subgenus to a section. Later botanists, including Peter Taylor, agreed with Kamieński's assessment. In Taylor's 1986 revision of the genus, he placed this section in subgenus '' Utricularia''.Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London. Later molecular data resulted in the revision of Taylor's treatment, reinstating subgenus '' Bivalvaria'' and placing this section within it.Müller, K.F., Borsch, T., Legendre, L., Porembski, S., and Barthlott, W. (2006). Recent progress in understanding the evolution of carnivorous Lentibulariaceae (Lamiales). ''Plant Biology'', 8: 748-757.

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