- Source: Utricularia tortilis
Utricularia tortilis is a small to medium-sized annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to tropical Africa and can be found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, the Republic of the Congo, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. U. tortilis grows as a terrestrial plant in swamps or marshes in peaty or sandy soils at altitudes from sea level to 1,860 m (6,102 ft). It was originally described by Friedrich Welwitsch but validly published by Daniel Oliver in 1865.
See also
List of Utricularia species
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Utricularia tortilis
- List of Utricularia species
- List of carnivorous plants
- Utricularia sect. Oligocista
- Utricularia andongensis
- Utricularia appendiculata
- Utricularia involvens
- Utricularia odorata
- List of plants of Atlantic Forest vegetation of Brazil
- List of descriptive plant species epithets (I–Z)
