Utricularia bifida

Utricularia bifida is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to Asia and Oceania and can be found in Australia, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China, Guam, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, New Guinea, Palau, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam. U. bifida grows as a terrestrial plant in damp soils and in rice fields. It was originally described and published by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.^[1]

Utricularia bifida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lentibulariaceae
Genus:	Utricularia
Subgenus:	Utricularia subg. Bivalvaria
Section:	Utricularia sect. Oligocista
Species:	U. bifida
Binomial name
Utricularia bifida L.
Synonyms
Askofake recurva (Lour.) Raf. Nelipus bifida (L.) Raf. Philydrum cavaleriei H.Lév. Utricularia alata Benj. U. antirrhinoides Wall. U. biflora Wall. U. biflora Hayata U. brevicaulis Benj. [U. diantha A.DC.] U. humilis Vahl U. ramosa Vahl U. recurva Lour. U. sumatrana Miq. U. wallichiana Benj.

See also

• List of Utricularia species