''Utricularia tenella'' is a terrestrial
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'' (family
Lentibulariaceae). Its distribution includes areas in
Western Australia,
South Australia,
Victoria, and
Tasmania.
[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
There are around 240 species in the genus ''Utricularia'', belonging to the bladderwort family (Lentibulariaceae). It is the largest genus of carnivorous plants and has a worldwide distribution, being absent only from Antarctica and the oceanic ...
References
Carnivorous plants of Australia
Flora of South Australia
Flora of Tasmania
Flora of Victoria (state)
Eudicots of Western Australia
tenella
Lamiales of Australia
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