Utricularia uxoris

Short description: Species of carnivorous plant

Utricularia uxoris

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Lamiales
Family:  | Lentibulariaceae
Genus:  | Utricularia
Subgenus:  | Utricularia subg. Utricularia
Section:  | Utricularia sect. Orchidioides
Species:  |

U. uxoris

Binomial name
Utricularia uxoris

Gómez-Laur.

Utricularia uxoris is a small epiphytic carnivorous plant in the genus Utricularia that is endemic to Costa Rica. It is distinguished from all other members of section Orchidioides in having green glabrous flowers with a white spur and its small size. The species is only known from its type locality in Reserva Biológica El Copal, Cartago Province. It was collected in 2004 by Jorge Gómez-Laurito, Diego Salazar, and Jorge Carmona and then formally described in 2005 by (Gómez-Laurito 2005).

Utricularia uxoris is possibly just a form or variety of U. jamesoniana,[1] but Gómez-Laurito indicated in his original description of U. uxoris that it has shallow corolla lobe divisions, compared to the deeply dissected corolla lobes found on U. jamesoniana flowers.[2]

## See also

* List of Utricularia species

## References

1. ↑ Rice 2010.
2. ↑ Gómez-Laurito 2005.

## Sources

* Gómez-Laurito, J (2005). "Utricularia uxoris (Lentibulariaceae), una nueva especie Costarricense de la sect Orchidioides". Lankesteriana 5 (2): 137–139. http://lankesteriana.org/lankesteriana/Lankesteriana vol. 5. 2005/Lankesteriana 5(2)/Numeroporsecciones/08 Gomez-Laurito.pdf.
* Rice, Barry A. (2010). "The Carnivorous Plant FAQ v.12". http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5037.html.

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