Utricularia panamensis is a small carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. panamensis, a lithophyte, is endemic to Panama and is only known from the type location and other collections in the same area. It was first described by Peter Taylor in 1977 as Utricularia sp. and later published as U. panamensis in 1986.[1]
Utricularia panamensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lentibulariaceae |
Genus: | Utricularia |
Subgenus: | Utricularia subg. Utricularia |
Section: | Utricularia sect. Foliosa |
Species: | U. panamensis
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Binomial name | |
Utricularia panamensis |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.