Utricularia smithiana

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Utricularia smithiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Lamiales Family: Lentibulariaceae Genus: Utricularia Subgenus: Bivalvaria Section: Oligocista Species: U. smithiana
Binomial name
Utricularia smithiana Wight
Synonyms
U. caerulea Oliv. U. caerulea var. smithiana (Wight) C.B.Clarke

Utricularia smithiana is a medium-sized, probably perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to India. U. smithiana grows as a terrestrial or affixed subaquatic plant in swamps or shallow water pools at medium and high altitudes. It was originally described by Robert Wight in 1849, reduced to a variety of U. caerulea by Charles Baron Clarke in 1884, and later reinstated as U. smithiana.^[1]

[edit] See also

• List of Utricularia species

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