Utricularia mangshanensis
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Utricularia mangshanensis is a carnivorous plant
belonging to the genus
Utricularia. This species is known only from the Mangshan Mountains of Hunan Province, China
. It is thought to be most closely related to U. peranomala
.
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...
belonging 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. This species is known only from the Mangshan Mountains of Hunan Province, China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. It is thought to be most closely related to U. peranomala
Utricularia peranomala
Utricularia peranomala is a very small, annual, bryophilous lithophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. peranomala is endemic to China, where it is only known from the type location in the hilly northeastern part of Guangxi. It grows as a lithophyte on wet rocks in...
.