Utricularia sect. Mirabiles
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Utricularia sect. Mirabiles is a section
in the genus Utricularia. The two species in this section are small or medium sized rheophytic
carnivorous plant
s. Peter Taylor
originally described and published the section in 1989, splitting the two species off from section Avesicaria
on the basis of the dissimilar rhizoid
s, traps, corolla spur, and seeds. Both species are endemic to Venezuela
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Section (botany)
In botany, a section is a taxonomic rank below the genus, but above the species. The subgenus, if present, is higher than the section, and the rank of series, if present, is below the section. Sections are typically used to help organise very large genera, which may have hundreds of species...
in the genus Utricularia. The two species in this section are small or medium sized rheophytic
Rheophyte
A rheophyte is an aquatic plant that lives in fast moving water currents in an environment where few other organisms can survive. Rheophytes tend to be found in currents that move at rates of 1 to 2 meters per second and that are up to 3 to 6 feet deep. The amount of force such fast moving currents...
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...
s. 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...
originally described and published the section in 1989, splitting the two species off from section Avesicaria
Utricularia sect. Avesicaria
Utricularia sect. Avesicaria is a section in the genus Utricularia. Both species in this section are endemic to Central and South America....
on the basis of the dissimilar rhizoid
Rhizoid
Rhizoids are thread-like growths from the base or bottom of a plant, found mainly in lower groups such as algae, fungi, bryophytes and pteridophytes, that function like roots of higher plants ....
s, traps, corolla spur, and seeds. Both species are endemic to Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
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