Utricularia platensis is a medium or large-sized perennial suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. platensis is endemic to South America.[1]

Utricularia platensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Utricularia
Subgenus: Utricularia subg. Utricularia
Section: Utricularia sect. Utricularia
Species:
U. platensis
Binomial name
Utricularia platensis
Synonyms
  • [U. inflata Chodat & Fabris]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.