Utricularia lasiocaulis is an annual terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia (family Lentibulariaceae). Its distribution ranges from Western Australia through the Northern Territory and into Queensland, Australia.[1]
| Utricularia lasiocaulis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lentibulariaceae |
| Genus: | Utricularia |
| Subgenus: | Utricularia subg. Polypompholyx |
| Section: | Utricularia sect. Pleiochasia |
| Species: | U. lasiocaulis
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| Binomial name | |
| Utricularia lasiocaulis F.Muell. 1885
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The species was named by Victorian Government botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1885 and is characterised by large fanlike flowers in violet and yellow.[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.
- ^ D'Amato, Peter (1998). The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants. Ten Speed Press. pp. 228. ISBN 0-89815-915-6.
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