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Utricularia pobeguinii

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Lentibulariaceae

Subgenus
  
Bivalvaria

Scientific name
  
Utricularia pobeguinii

Order
  
Lamiales

Genus
  
Utricularia

Section
  
Oligocista

Rank
  
Species

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Utricularia pobeguinii is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to Africa and is only found in the region around Kindia, Guinea. U. pobeguinii grows as a terrestrial plant in wet soils among sandstone at altitudes from 500 m (1,640 ft) to 1,000 m (3,281 ft). It was originally described by François Pellegrin in 1914, reduced to a variety of U. spiralis by Peter Taylor in 1963, and later elevated back to the species level by Taylor upon further investigation.

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Utricularia pobeguinii Wikipedia