''Utricularia tricolor'' is a medium to large sized perennial

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''. ''U. tricolor'', a terrestrial species, is endemic to South America, where it is found in Argentina, Brazil,

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, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela. It has a

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chromosome number of 2n = 28.Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

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