Utricularia praetermissa P.Taylor is a plant in the Lentibulariaceae family, order Lamiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Utricularia praetermissa P.Taylor

Utricularia praetermissa P.Taylor

Utricularia praetermissa is a medium-sized Central American carnivorous plant endemic to cloud forests.

Genus
Utricularia
Order
Lamiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Utricularia praetermissa P.Taylor

Utricularia praetermissa P.Taylor is a medium-sized carnivorous plant in the genus Utricularia, growing as either an epiphyte or a terrestrial plant. This species is endemic to Central America, where it occurs in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. Peter Taylor originally published and formally described Utricularia praetermissa in 1977. It grows on wet tree trunks and wet banks in cloud forests, at altitudes ranging from 1,000 meters (3,281 feet) to 2,800 meters (9,186 feet). It produces flowers between July and October each year.

Photo: (c) José Alberto Conejo Garcia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by José Alberto Conejo Garcia · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Lamiales Lentibulariaceae Utricularia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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