Utricularia leptoplectra

Utricularia leptoplectra is a terrestrial or subaquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia (family Lentibulariaceae). It is endemic to Australia with a distribution in the Northern Territory from the area around Darwin, east to the Arnhem Land plateau, south to Katherine, and west to the western Kimberley region in Western Australia.[1]

Utricularia leptoplectra
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. Nelipus
Species:
U. leptoplectra
Binomial name
Utricularia leptoplectra

See also

References

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


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