''Utricularia mannii'' is a small, perennial,

epiphytic An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphytes grow are called phoroph ...

carnivorous plant Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans Protozoa (singular: protozoan or protozoon; alternative plural: protozoans) are a group of single-celled eukaryot ...

that belongs to the genus '' Utricularia'' and is the only member of ''Utricularia'' sect. ''Chelidon''. ''U. mannii'' is endemic to tropical Africa, particularly the islands in the Gulf of Guinea ( Bioko, São Tomé, and

Príncipe Príncipe is the smaller, northern major island of the country of São Tomé and Príncipe lying off the west coast of Africa in the Gulf of Guinea. It has an area of (including offshore islets) and a population of 7,324 at the 2012 Census;

) and the adjacent mainland ( Cameroon and Nigeria). It grows as an epiphytic plant on mossy tree trunks in rain forests at altitudes from to . It has been collected in flower between April and November. It was originally published and described by Daniel Oliver in 1865 and placed in its own section, ''Chelidon'', in 1986 by Peter Taylor.Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

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Carnivorous plants of Africa Epiphytes Flora of Cameroon Flora of Equatorial Guinea Flora of Nigeria Flora of the Gulf of Guinea islands mannii Taxa named by Daniel Oliver {{Lentibulariaceae-stub

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