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Utricularia tenuissima

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Lentibulariaceae

Subgenus
  
Utricularia

Scientific name
  
Utricularia tenuissima

Order
  
Lamiales

Genus
  
Utricularia

Section
  
Martinia P.Taylor

Rank
  
Species

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Utricularia tenuissima is a small, annual, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia and is the only member of Utricularia sect. Martinia. U. tenuissima is endemic to South America, where it can be found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela. It grows as a terrestrial plant in wet, open savanna usually in sand at altitudes from sea level to 2,100 m (6,890 ft). It was originally published and described by Thomas Gaskell Tutin in 1934 and placed in its own section, Martinia, in 1986 by Peter Taylor.

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Utricularia tenuissima Wikipedia