Pinguicula lithophytica

Pinguicula lithophytica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Pinguicula
Species: P. lithophytica
Binomial name
Pinguicula lithophytica
Panfet & P.Temple[1]

Pinguicula lithophytica is a species of butterwort that is endemic to the central region of Cuba. It was described by Cristina M. Panfet-Valdés and Paul Temple in 2008. They placed it in subgenus Isoloba, section Agnata, noting that there were morphological similarities between P. lithophytica and P. jackii.[2]

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