Utricularia geminiloba
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Utricularia geminiloba is a medium-sized perennial
lithophyte
or terrestrial carnivorous plant
that belongs to the genus
Utricularia. U. geminiloba is endemic to Brazil
. It was originally published and described by Ludwig Benjamin
in 1847. The species epithet
refers to the two pronounced anterior corolla lobes ("Gemini lobes").
Perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter lived annuals and biennials. The term is sometimes misused by commercial gardeners or horticulturalists to describe only herbaceous perennials...
lithophyte
Lithophyte
Lithophytes are a type of plant that grows in or on rocks. Lithophytes feed off moss, nutrients in rain water, litter, and even their own dead tissue....
or terrestrial carnivorous plant
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. Carnivorous plants appear adapted to grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients, especially nitrogen, such as acidic...
that belongs to the genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Utricularia. U. geminiloba is endemic to Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. It was originally published and described by Ludwig Benjamin
Ludwig Benjamin
Ludwig Benjamin was a German botanist who contributed to Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius' Flora Brasiliensis. The standard author abbreviation Benj. is used to indicate him as the author when citing a botanical name. The genus Benjaminia is named in his honour....
in 1847. The species epithet
Epithet
An epithet or byname is a descriptive term accompanying or occurring in place of a name and having entered common usage. It has various shades of meaning when applied to seemingly real or fictitious people, divinities, objects, and binomial nomenclature. It is also a descriptive title...
refers to the two pronounced anterior corolla lobes ("Gemini lobes").