Utricularia malabarica

Utricularia malabarica is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to southern India and has been collected from the Kasaragod district. U. malabarica grows over wet rocks or lateritic soils in the presence of Eriocaulon species and grasses. It was originally collected by M. K. Janarthanam in 1985 and was formally described by Janarthanam and Ambrose Nathaniel Henry in 1989. It is most closely related to U. lazulina.[1]

Utricularia malabarica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Genus: Utricularia
Subgenus: Utricularia subg. Bivalvaria
Section: Utricularia sect. Oligocista
Species:
U. malabarica
Binomial name
Utricularia malabarica

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  1. ^ Janarthanam MK and Henry AN. (1989). Utricularia malabarica sp. nov. (Lentibulariaceae): A terrestrial bladderwort from southern India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 86(1): 84-85.