Utricularia jamesoniana Oliv. is a plant in the Lentibulariaceae family, order Lamiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Utricularia jamesoniana Oliv.

Utricularia jamesoniana Oliv.

Utricularia jamesoniana is a small perennial epiphytic carnivorous plant native to the Neotropics.

Genus
Utricularia
Order
Lamiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Utricularia jamesoniana Oliv.

Utricularia jamesoniana Oliv. is a small perennial epiphytic carnivorous plant belonging to the family Lentibulariaceae. This species is native to Central America, the Antilles, and northern and western South America. Its confirmed distribution includes Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela, and the Antillean islands of Guadeloupe, Hispaniola, Dominica, and Martinique. Daniel Oliver originally published and formally described the species in 1860. It grows on mossy tree trunks in montane cloud forests or lowland rain forests, occurring across an altitudinal range from sea level up to 2,500 m (8,202 ft). It produces flowers throughout the year.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Lamiales Lentibulariaceae Utricularia

More from Lentibulariaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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