Utricularia unifolia

Utricularia unifolia
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lentibulariaceae
Genus:	Utricularia
Subgenus:	Utricularia subg. Utricularia
Section:	Utricularia sect. Orchidioides
Species:	U. unifolia
Binomial name
	Utricularia unifolia; Ruiz & Pav.
Synonyms
	U. alpina Vahl; U. montana Griseb.;

Utricularia unifolia is a species of perennial, medium-sized carnivorous plant that belongs to the family Lentibulariaceae.^[2]^[3] U. unifolia is native to Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama) and western South America (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela). It was originally published and described by Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez in 1797 and later considered a synonym of Utricularia alpina until Peter Taylor's 1989 monograph on the genus where he restored the species as distinct from U. alpina. It grows as a terrestrial or epiphytic plant on moss-covered trees, rocks, or banks in cloud forests at altitudes between 2,000 m (6,562 ft) and 3,000 m (9,843 ft). U. unifolia usually produces only one leaf (rarely two or three), which is where the species epithet "unifolia" is derived from.^[4]

References

^ Clarke, C.M. (2018). "Utricularia unifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T107437961A144010781. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T107437961A144010781.en. Retrieved January 18, 2025.
^ "Utricularia unifolia Ruiz & Pav". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
^ "Utricularia unifolia Ruiz & Pav". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
^ Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

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