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Utricularia micropetala is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to western tropical Africa and is found in the Central African Republic, Guinea, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. U. micropetala grows as a terrestrial plant among wet rocks at altitudes up to 1,500 m (4,921 ft). It was originally described by James Edward Smith in 1819. It can be distinguished from all other species in section Oligocista by the large and inflated spur and very short lower corolla lip.[1]

Utricularia micropetala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lentibulariaceae
Genus:	Utricularia
Subgenus:	Utricularia subg. Bivalvaria
Section:	Utricularia sect. Oligocista
Species:	U. micropetala
Binomial name
Utricularia micropetala Sm.
Synonyms
U. cucullata Afzel. Kamieński U. inflata Afzel. Kamieński U. micropetala var. micropetala P.Taylor

See also

• List of Utricularia species

References

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Utricularia micropetala  (лат.) — однолетнее травянистое хищное растение, вид рода Пузырчатка (Utricularia) семейства Пузырчатковых (Lentibulariaceae).

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