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Utricularia meyeri

About

A medium-sized, probably perennial carnivorous plant, *Utricularia meyeri* is notable for its restricted endemic range in central Brazil, thriving in seasonally flooded bogs and swamps.

Field notes

Distribution & habitat

Western Goias and eastern Mato Grosso in central Brazil, at altitudes from 400 m to around 600 m.

History & etymology

Originally described by Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger in 1901, it was later reduced to synonymy under U. erectiflora by Peter Taylor in 1967.

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Habitat

Altitude
Not recorded
Altitude class
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Cultivation

Difficulty
intermediate
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