Utricularia panamensis
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Utricularia panamensis is a small carnivorous plant
that belongs to the genus
Utricularia. U. panamensis, a lithophyte
, is endemic to Panama
and is only known from the type location
and other collections in the same area. It was first described by Peter Taylor
in 1977 as Utricularia sp. and later published as U. panamensis in 1986.
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. panamensis, a 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....
, is endemic to Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
and is only known from the type location
Biological type
In biology, a type is one particular specimen of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached...
and other collections in the same area. It was first described by Peter Taylor
Peter Taylor (botanist)
Peter Geoffrey Taylor was a British botanist who worked at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew throughout his career in botany. Taylor was born in 1926 and joined the staff of the herbarium at Kew in 1948. He published his first new species, Utricularia pentadactyla, in 1954...
in 1977 as Utricularia sp. and later published as U. panamensis in 1986.