''Utricularia stellaris'' is a medium to large sized suspended aquatic
carnivorous plant
Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods, and occasionally small mammals and birds. They have adapted to grow in waterlo ...
that belongs to the
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
''
Utricularia
''Utricularia'', commonly and collectively called the bladderworts, is a genus of carnivorous plants consisting of approximately 233 species (precise counts differ based on classification opinions; a 2001 publication lists 215 species).Salmon, B ...
''. ''U. stellaris'' is native to
Africa
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, tropical
Asia
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, and northern
Australia
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.
[Taylor, Peter. (1989). '']The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph
''The Genus Utricularia: A Taxonomic Monograph'' is a monograph by Peter Taylor on the carnivorous plant genus ''Utricularia'', the bladderworts. It was published in 1989 by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) as the fourteenth entry in the ' ...
''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.
Gallery
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See also
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List of Utricularia species
There are around 240 species in the genus ''Utricularia'', belonging to the bladderwort family ( Lentibulariaceae). It is the largest genus of carnivorous plants and has a worldwide distribution, being absent only from Antarctica and the oceani ...
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Carnivorous plants of Africa
Carnivorous plants of Asia
Carnivorous plants of Australia
Flora of Africa
Flora of the Indian subcontinent
Flora of Myanmar
Flora of Vietnam
Flora of Queensland
Flora of the Northern Territory
Eudicots of Western Australia
Lamiales of Australia
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