Utricularia moniliformis
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Utricularia moniliformis is a small perennial
carnivorous plant
that belongs to the genus
Utricularia. It is endemic to Sri Lanka
. U. moniliformis grows as a lithophyte
on wet rocks at altitudes from 750 m (2,461 ft) to 2300 m (7,546 ft). It was formally described as a species by Peter Taylor
in 1986, although it was first recorded as U. orbiculata by George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
in 1860 and later by Karl Immanuel Eberhard Goebel in 1890.
Perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter lived annuals and biennials. The term is sometimes misused by commercial gardeners or horticulturalists to describe only herbaceous perennials...
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...
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. It is endemic to Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. U. moniliformis grows as 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....
on wet rocks at altitudes from 750 m (2,461 ft) to 2300 m (7,546 ft). It was formally described as a species 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 1986, although it was first recorded as U. orbiculata by George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
George Henry Kendrick Thwaites was an English botanist and entomologist.Thwaites was initially an accountant and studied botany during his spare time. He was interested particularly in the lower plants such as the algae and the cryptogams...
in 1860 and later by Karl Immanuel Eberhard Goebel in 1890.