''Utricularia striatula'' is a small

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

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'' Utricularia''. It is widespread from tropical

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. ''U. striatula'' grows as a

lithophyte 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 also ...

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on wet rocks or tree trunks at altitudes from near sea level to . It was originally described by

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in 1819.Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

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striatula Flora of Angola Flora of Burundi Flora of Cameroon Flora of Chad Flora of China Flora of Ivory Coast Flora of Equatorial Guinea Flora of Ethiopia Flora of Gabon Flora of Ghana Flora of Guinea Flora of Liberia Flora of Nigeria Flora of the Gulf of Guinea islands Flora of Sierra Leone Flora of Tanzania Flora of tropical Asia Flora of the Central African Republic Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Flora of Uganda Flora of Zambia Carnivorous plants of Africa Carnivorous plants of Asia Plants described in 1819 {{Lentibulariaceae-stub

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