Utricularia simulans

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Kingdom Plantae Family Lentibulariaceae Subgenus Bivalvaria Scientific name Utricularia simulans Rank Species		Order Lamiales Genus Utricularia Section Aranella Higher classification Utricularia
Similar Utricularia olivacea, Utricularia triloba, Utricularia pusilla, Utricularia amethystina, Utricularia longeciliata

Utricularia simulans, the fringed bladderwort, is a small to medium-sized, probably perennial, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. simulans is native to tropical Africa and the Americas. It grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy soils in open savanna at altitudes from near sea level to 1,575 m (5,167 ft). U. simulans was originally described and published by Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger in 1914.

Synonyms

U. simulans covers a vast native range and is an extremely variable species, which accounts for the moderate amount of synonymy.

[Aranella fimbriata Barnhart]

[Cosmiza longeciliata Small]

?Polypompholyx bicolor Klotzsch

P. laciniata Benj.

P. laciniata var. rubrocalcarata Griseb.

Utricularia congesta Steyerm.

U. congesta f. deminutiva Steyerm.

[U. fimbriata Leon & Alain]

U. laciniata Mart.

[U. laciniata Buscal.]

U. laciniata var. poeppigiana Buscal.

[U. longeciliata Oliv.]

U. orinocensis Steyerm.

U. surinamensis Buscal.

References

Utricularia simulans Wikipedia

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