Utricularia tricolor

Utricularia tricolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lentibulariaceae
Genus:	Utricularia
Subgenus:	Utricularia
Section:	Foliosa
Species:	U. tricolor
Binomial name
	Utricularia tricolor; A.St.-Hil.
Synonyms
	U. chamissonis Weber ex Benj.; U. fontana A.St.-Hil. & Girard; U. fusiformis Warm.; U. globulariifolia Mart. ex Benj.; U. globulariifolia var. caudata Sylvén; U. globulariifolia var. minor; Merl ex Luetzelb.; U. gomezii A.DC.; [U. lundii Glaz.]; U. monantha Benj.; U. rotundifolia Merl ex Luetzelb.;

Utricularia tricolor is a medium to large sized perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. tricolor, a terrestrial species, is endemic to South America, where it is found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela. It has a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 28.^[1]

References

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

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