Utricularia tricolor

Utricularia tricolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lentibulariaceae
Genus:	Utricularia
Subgenus:	Utricularia
Section:	Foliosa
Species:	U. tricolor
Binomial name
Utricularia tricolor A.St.-Hil.
Synonyms
U. chamissonis Weber ex Benj. U. fontana A.St.-Hil. & Girard U. fusiformis Warm. U. globulariifolia Mart. ex Benj. U. globulariifolia var. caudata Sylvén U. globulariifolia var. minor Merl ex Luetzelb. U. gomezii A.DC. [U. lundii Glaz.] U. monantha Benj. U. rotundifolia Merl ex Luetzelb.

Utricularia tricolor is a medium to large sized perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. tricolor, a terrestrial species, is endemic to South America, where it is found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela. It has a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 28.^[1]

See also

• List of Utricularia species

References

1. Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.