Utricularia breviscapa

{{Short description|Species of aquatic plant}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author= Clarke, C.M. |date=2018 |title= Utricularia breviscapa |volume=2018 |page= e.T107250104A144002179 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T107250104A144002179.en |access-date=June 26, 2024}}

|genus = Utricularia

|display_parents = 2

|parent = Utricularia sect. Utricularia

|species = breviscapa

|authority = C.Wright ex Griseb.

|synonyms = {{species list |Utricularia lagoensis|Warm.

|Utricularia quinqueradiata|Spruce ex Kamieński}}

|synonyms_ref ={{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:526649-1 |title= Utricularia breviscapa C.Wright ex Griseb. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=June 26, 2024}}

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Utricularia breviscapa is a small to medium suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the family Lentibulariaceae. It is probably an annual plant. Its native distribution includes the Antilles and South America.Taylor, Peter. (1989). The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.