Utricularia hintonii

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Utricularia hintonii is a small, ground‑growing carnivorous plant in the bladderwort family (Lentibulariaceae). It is an annual lithophyte, meaning it grows on rocks and completes its life cycle in one year. The plant is endemic to Mexico and is only known from its type location, about 160 kilometers west-southwest of Mexico City.

History and naming: U. hintonii was first collected by G. B. Hinton on June 10, 1933. It was described as a new species by Peter Taylor in 1986, who named it in honor of Hinton.

Classification: It belongs to the plant kingdom, in the order Lamiales and the Lentibulariaceae family. Its genus is Utricularia, with the species name hintonii. It is placed in subgenus Utricularia and section Foliosa.

See also: List of Utricularia species.

References: Taylor, Peter. The genus Utricularia – a taxonomic monograph.