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Utricularia steenisii

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Lentibulariaceae

Subgenus
  
Bivalvaria

Scientific name
  
Utricularia steenisii

Order
  
Lamiales

Genus
  
Utricularia

Section
  
Phyllaria

Rank
  
Species

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Utricularia steenisii is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to Sumatra and is only known from higher elevations in Aceh. U. steenisii grows as a lithophyte or terrestrial plant among mosses in exposed or shady soils or on rocks at altitudes from 2,500 m (8,202 ft) to 3,200 m (10,499 ft). It was first collected in 1937 by Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis, for whom the species is named. Peter Taylor misidentified a specimen of U. steenisii as U. salwinensis in 1977, but upon viewing further specimens, he realized the nature of this new species and formally described it in 1986.

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Utricularia steenisii Wikipedia