List of Utricularia species
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There are around 233 species in the genus Utricularia, belonging to the Bladderwort family (Lentibulariaceae
Lentibulariaceae
Lentibulariaceae is a family of carnivorous plants containing three genera, Genlisea, the corkscrew plants, Pinguicula, the butterworts, and Utricularia, the bladderworts....

). It is the largest genus of carnivorous plants and has a worldwide distribution, being absent only from Antarctica and the oceanic islands. This genus was considered to have 250 species until Peter Taylor reduced the number to 214 in his exhaustive study The Genus Utricularia: a taxonomic monograph published by HMSO
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 (1989). Taylor's classification is generally accepted, though his division of the genus in two subgenera was soon seen as obsolete. Molecular genetic studies have mostly confirmed Taylor's sections with some modifications, but reinstalled the division of the genus in three subgenera. This list follows the subgeneric classification sensu Müller & Borsch (2005), updated with new information in Müller et al. (2006).

For a list of known Utricularia species by common name, see Utricularia species by common name.

Section Aranella
Utricularia sect. Aranella
Utricularia sect. Aranella is a section in the genus Utricularia. The ten species in this section are small terrestrial carnivorous plants native to tropical South America with one species also extending into tropical Africa. John Hendley Barnhart originally described and published this section in...

  • Utricularia blanchetii
    Utricularia blanchetii
    Utricularia blanchetii is a small, probably annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. blanchetii is endemic to Brazil and is only known from central Bahia state. It grows as a terrestrial or lithophytic plant in damp, sandy soils among rocks or by streams at altitudes...

  • Utricularia costata
    Utricularia costata
    Utricularia costata is a small, probably annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. costata is endemic to Brazil and Venezuela. It grows as a terrestrial or lithophytic plant in damp soils among rocks in savannas. It was originally described and published by Peter...

  • Utricularia fimbriata
    Utricularia fimbriata
    Utricularia fimbriata is a small to medium-sized, probably perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. fimbriata is endemic to Colombia and Venezuela. It grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy soils in savannas at altitudes from near sea level to . It was...

  • Utricularia laciniata
    Utricularia laciniata
    Utricularia laciniata is a small, probably annual, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. laciniata is endemic to Brazil, where it is only known from Goiás and Minas Gerais. It grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy or gravelly soils at altitudes from to . It flowers...

  • Utricularia longeciliata
    Utricularia longeciliata
    Utricularia longeciliata is a small to medium-sized perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. longeciliata is endemic to South America, where it can be found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. It grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy soils...

  • Utricularia parthenopipes
    Utricularia parthenopipes
    Utricularia parthenopipes is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. parthenopipes is endemic to the Brazilian state of Bahia. It grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy soils over sandstone rocks at altitudes from to . It flowers between January and...

  • Utricularia purpureocaerulea
    Utricularia purpureocaerulea
    Utricularia purpureocaerulea is a small, probably perennial, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. purpureocaerulea is endemic to the Brazilian states of Bahia, Goiás, and Minas Gerais and is only known from six collections in these locations. It grows as a terrestrial...

  • Utricularia rostrata
    Utricularia rostrata
    Utricularia rostrata is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. rostrata is endemic to the Chapada Diamantina highlands of Bahia, Brazil. It grows as a terrestrial plant in damp sandy soils near streams and waterfalls in semi-shaded areas at altitudes from...

  • Utricularia sandwithii
    Utricularia sandwithii
    Utricularia sandwithii is a small, probably perennial, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. sandwithii is endemic to Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. It grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy soils in savannas at altitudes from near sea level to...

  • Utricularia simulans
    Utricularia simulans
    Utricularia simulans, the fringed bladderwort, is a small to medium-sized, probably perennial, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. simulans is native to tropical Africa and the Americas. It grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy soils in open savanna at altitudes...


Section Australes
Utricularia sect. Australes
Utricularia sect. Australes is a section in the genus Utricularia. The three species in this section are small terrestrial carnivorous plants native to Australia and New Zealand. Peter Taylor originally described and published this section in his 1989 taxonomic treatment of the genus, splitting off...

  • Utricularia delicatula
    Utricularia delicatula
    Utricularia delicatula is a terrestrial species of bladderwort and is unique within its genus in being endemic to New Zealand. The specific epithet is Latin for "dainty" and refers to the small flowers of this species...

  • Utricularia lateriflora
    Utricularia lateriflora
    Utricularia lateriflora, the small bladderwort, is a small to medium sized perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. lateriflora is endemic to Australia and can be found in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria. It grows as a...

  • Utricularia simplex
    Utricularia simplex
    Utricularia simplex, commonly known as bluecoats, is a very small perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. simplex is endemic to Western Australia. It grows as a terrestrial plant in peaty soils in heathland or swamps at altitudes near sea level. It was originally...


Section Avesicarioides
Utricularia sect. Avesicarioides
Utricularia sect. Avesicarioides is a section in the genus Utricularia. The two species in this section are small rheophytic carnivorous plants native to western Africa. Sadashi Komiya originally described and published this section in his 1973 taxonomic treatment of the genus. Peter Taylor revised...

  • Utricularia rigida
    Utricularia rigida
    Utricularia rigida is a small to medium sized perennial, rheophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. rigida is endemic to western tropical Africa, where it can be found in Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone...

  • Utricularia tetraloba
    Utricularia tetraloba
    Utricularia tetraloba is a very small, probably perennial, rheophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. tetraloba is endemic to Guinea and Sierra Leone. It grows as a rheophyte on rocks in shallow running water at altitudes from to . It was originally described and...


Section Calpidisca
Utricularia sect. Calpidisca
Utricularia sect. Calpidisca is a section in the genus Utricularia. The ten species in this section are small terrestrial carnivorous plants native to Africa with one species extending its range into Mexico and another that extends into Asia as far as India. John Hendley Barnhart originally...

  • Utricularia arenaria
    Utricularia arenaria
    Utricularia arenaria is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to tropical and southern Africa, where it can be found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democractic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi,...

  • Utricularia bisquamata
    Utricularia bisquamata
    Utricularia bisquamata is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to southern Africa, where it can be found in Angola, Lesotho, Madagascar, Namibia, and South Africa...

  • Utricularia firmula
    Utricularia firmula
    Utricularia firmula is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to tropical and southern Africa, where it can be found in Angola, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar,...

  • Utricularia livida
    Utricularia livida
    Utricularia livida is a very small to medium-sized annual or perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to tropical and southern Africa, where it can be found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi,...

  • Utricularia microcalyx
    Utricularia microcalyx
    Utricularia microcalyx is a small to medium-sized annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to tropical Africa, where it can be found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia. U. microcalyx grows as a terrestrial plant in damp, sandy or peaty soils...

  • Utricularia odontosepala
    Utricularia odontosepala
    Utricularia odontosepala is a small to medium-sized, probably annual, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to tropical Africa, where it can be found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, and Zambia. U. odontosepala grows as a terrestrial plant in...

  • Utricularia pentadactyla
    Utricularia pentadactyla
    Utricularia pentadactyla is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to tropical Africa, where it can be found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe...

  • Utricularia sandersonii
    Utricularia sandersonii
    Utricularia sandersonii is a small perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to South Africa and is known to grow in northern KwaZulu-Natal to Transkei. U. sandersonii grows as a lithophyte on wet, often vertical rocky surfaces at altitudes from to . It...

  • Utricularia troupinii
    Utricularia troupinii
    Utricularia troupinii is a small, probably annual, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to Burundi and Rwanda. U. troupinii grows as a terrestrial plant in wet grasslands or marshes at altitudes from to...

  • Utricularia welwitschii
    Utricularia welwitschii
    Utricularia welwitschii is a small to medium-sized, probably perennial, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to tropical Africa, where it can be found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe...


Section Enskide
Utricularia sect. Enskide
Utricularia sect. Enskide is a section in the genus Utricularia. The two species in this section are small to medium sized terrestrial carnivorous plants native to Australia and New Guinea. Constantine Samuel Rafinesque originally described and published this section as a separate genus in his 1838...

  • Utricularia chrysantha
    Utricularia chrysantha
    Utricularia chrysantha, the sun bladderwort, is a medium-sized annual, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. chrysantha is endemic to southern New Guinea and Australia. It grows as a terrestrial species in wet grasslands or Melaleuca-Acacia savannas at low...

  • Utricularia fulva
    Utricularia fulva
    Utricularia fulva is a small to medium sized annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. fulva is endemic to Australia, where it appears to be largely restricted to the Northern Territory, specifically the Arnhem Land sandstone escarpment. It grows as a terrestrial or...


Section Nigrescentes
Utricularia sect. Nigrescentes
Utricularia sect. Nigrescentes is a section in the genus Utricularia. The three species in this section are small terrestrial carnivorous plants native to tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia. Daniel Oliver originally validly described and published this section in 1859, but did not specify the...

  • Utricularia bracteata
    Utricularia bracteata
    Utricularia bracteata is a medium-sized, probably perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. bracteata is endemic to southern tropical Africa, where it has only been found at the type location in Angola, two other collections also in Angola, a collection in northern...

  • Utricularia caerulea
    Utricularia caerulea
    Utricularia caerulea, the blue bladderwort, is a very small to medium-sized carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. caerulea spans a wide native range, including areas in tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia...

  • Utricularia warburgii
    Utricularia warburgii
    Utricularia warburgii is a species of terrestrial bladderwort found in China, where it grows in sunny wet meadows at an altitude of 900 m.. It belongs to the section Nigrescentes and is closely related to U. caerulea....


Section Oligocista
Utricularia sect. Oligocista
Utricularia sect. Oligocista is the largest section in the genus Utricularia. The 42 species in this section are small to medium-sized terrestrial carnivorous plants native throughout the tropics, with six species in the Americas, ten in Africa, five in Australia, and the remainder in Asia, with 17...

  • Utricularia adpressa
    Utricularia adpressa
    Utricularia adpressa is a small, probably annual, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to Central and South America and is found in Belize, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela. It was also said to be collected from Colombia by Alvaro...

  • Utricularia albocaerulea
    Utricularia albocaerulea
    Utricularia albocaerulea is a small, probably annual, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to Maharashtra, India and is only known from a few locations in the southwestern part of this state. U. albocaerulea grows as a terrestrial plant in damp soil and on wet...

  • Utricularia andongensis
    Utricularia andongensis
    Utricularia andongensis is a small, probably perennial, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to tropical Africa, where it can be found in Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra...

  • Utricularia arcuata
    Utricularia arcuata
    Utricularia arcuata is a small, probably annual, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to India. U. arcuata grows as a terrestrial plant in seasonally wet depressions. It was originally described and published by Robert Wight in 1849....

  • Utricularia babui
    Utricularia babui
    Utricularia babui is a perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to India and had only been collected from the Kolhapur district at the time of its description in 2005. U. babui grows as a terrestrial plant in and near small streams in open forests at...

  • Utricularia bifida
    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...

  • Utricularia bosminifera
    Utricularia bosminifera
    Utricularia bosminifera is a small, probably perennial, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to the Ko Chang island of Trat Province in Thailand. U. bosminifera grows as a terrestrial or subaquatic plant on sandy banks by streams. It flowers throughout the year...

  • Utricularia cecilii
    Utricularia cecilii
    Utricularia cecilii is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to an area around Mangalore in Karnataka state and is only known from the type location and one other collection from the same region. U. cecilii grows as a terrestrial plant in damp,...

  • Utricularia chiribiquitensis
    Utricularia chiribiquitensis
    Utricularia chiribiquitensis is a small, probably annual, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to Colombia and Venezuela. U. chiribiquitensis grows as a terrestrial plant in wet, sandy savannas or marshes at altitudes from to . It was originally described and...

  • Utricularia circumvoluta
    Utricularia circumvoluta
    Utricularia circumvoluta is a medium-sized, probably annual, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to the Northern Territory and Queensland, Australia. U. circumvoluta grows as a terrestrial plant in swamps and near streams or lagoons, usually in shallow water...

  • Utricularia delphinioides
    Utricularia delphinioides
    Utricularia delphinioides is a small to medium-sized, probably perennial, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to Indochina and can be found in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. U. delphinioides grows as a terrestrial plant in swamps and rice fields, wet...

  • Utricularia densiflora
    Utricularia densiflora
    Utricularia densiflora is a carnivorous plant in the genus Utricularia and is endemic to Brazil. It is a hydrophytic herb that has stolons up to long. It produces inflorescences around long with the bracts and flowers arranged spirally around the inflorescence...

  • Utricularia erectiflora
    Utricularia erectiflora
    Utricularia erectiflora is a small, probably perennial, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to Central and South America and can be found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Nicaragua, Suriname, and Venezuela. U. erectiflora grows as a...

  • Utricularia foveolata
    Utricularia foveolata
    Utricularia foveolata is a small, probably annual, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to the Old World tropics, where it can be found in Africa , Asia , Australia, and on the...

  • Utricularia graminifolia
    Utricularia graminifolia
    Utricularia graminifolia is a small perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to Asia, where it can be found in Burma, China, India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. U. graminifolia grows as a terrestrial or affixed subaquatic plant in wet soils or in marshes,...

  • Utricularia heterosepala
    Utricularia heterosepala
    Utricularia heterosepala is a small carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it can be found on the islands of Palawan, Luzon, and Sibuyan. U. heterosepala grows as a subaquatic plant in shallow water or creeks, usually at low to medium...

  • Utricularia involvens
    Utricularia involvens
    Utricularia involvens is a medium-sized, probably perennial, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to southeastern Asia and northern Australia. U. involvens grows as a terrestrial plant in wet grasslands or open vegetation, usually at low altitudes but...

  • Utricularia jackii
    Utricularia jackii
    Utricularia jackii is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to Thailand. U. jackii grows among wet rocks at higher altitudes or sometimes in evergreen forests. It was first collected in 1927 and again in 1958...

  • Utricularia laxa
    Utricularia laxa
    Utricularia laxa is a small to medium-sized annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to South America and is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. U. laxa grows as a terrestrial plant in wet grasslands and at the margins of pools, usually at...

  • Utricularia lazulina
    Utricularia lazulina
    Utricularia lazulina is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to an area around Mangalore, India. U. lazulina grows as a terrestrial plant in shallow wet soils over laterite or in wet grasslands. It was originally described and published by Peter...

  • Utricularia letestui
    Utricularia letestui
    Utricularia letestui is a small, probably annual, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to the Central African Republic and is only known from three collections. U. letestui grows as a terrestrial plant in seasonally flooded grasslands, usually at altitudes...

  • Utricularia lloydii
    Utricularia lloydii
    Utricularia lloydii is a small or very small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to Central and South America and is widespread but known from few collections in Bolivia, Brazil, Panama, Suriname, Venezuela. U. lloydii grows as a terrestrial plant in...

  • Utricularia macrocheilos
    Utricularia macrocheilos
    Utricularia macrocheilos is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to western tropical Africa, where it is only known from the mountain ranges of Guinea and Sierra Leone. U. macrocheilos grows as a terrestrial plant among wet rocks at medium...

  • Utricularia malabarica
    Utricularia malabarica
    Utricularia malabarica is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to southern India and has been collected from the Kasaragod district. U. malabarica grows over wet rocks or lateritic soils in the presence of Eriocaulon species and grasses. It was...

  • Utricularia meyeri
    Utricularia meyeri
    Utricularia meyeri is a medium-sized, probably perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to western Goias and eastern Mato Grosso in central Brazil. U. meyeri grows as a terrestrial plant in bogs and seasonally flooded swamps and grasslands at altitudes...

  • Utricularia micropetala
    Utricularia micropetala
    Utricularia micropetala is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to western tropical Africa and is found in the Central African Republic, Guinea, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. U. micropetala grows as a terrestrial plant among wet rocks at altitudes...

  • Utricularia odorata
    Utricularia odorata
    Utricularia odorata is a medium-sized, probably perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to southeastern Asia and northern Australia . U. odorata grows as a terrestrial plant in wet grasslands at low altitudes. It was originally described by François...

  • Utricularia pierrei
    Utricularia pierrei
    Utricularia pierrei is a medium-sized, probably perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to Indochina and can be found in Thailand and southern Vietnam. U. pierrei grows as a terrestrial plant at altitudes around . It was originally described by François...

  • Utricularia pobeguinii
    Utricularia pobeguinii
    Utricularia pobeguinii is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to Africa and is only found in the region around Kindia, Guinea. U. pobeguinii grows as a terrestrial plant in wet soils among sandstone at altitudes from to...

  • Utricularia polygaloides
    Utricularia polygaloides
    Utricularia polygaloides is a small, probably annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. U. polygaloides grows as a terrestrial plant in wet soils and in cultivated fields at altitudes from around sea level to . It was originally...

  • Utricularia praeterita
    Utricularia praeterita
    Utricularia praeterita is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to India. U. praeterita grows as a terrestrial plant in wet soils over laterite and by stream banks. It was originally described by Peter Taylor in 1983....

  • Utricularia prehensilis
    Utricularia prehensilis
    Utricularia prehensilis is a small to medium-sized, probably perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to tropical and southern Africa, where it can be found in Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya,...

  • Utricularia recta
    Utricularia recta
    Utricularia recta is a small, probably annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal. U. recta grows as a terrestrial plant in marshes and bogs from altitudes around to . It was originally described as a variety of...

  • Utricularia reticulata
    Utricularia reticulata
    Utricularia reticulata is a medium to large-sized, probably annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. U. reticulata grows as a terrestrial or subaquatic plant in marshy grasslands or wet soils over rocks at lower altitudes up to . It...

  • Utricularia scandens
    Utricularia scandens
    Utricularia scandens is a small, probably annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It has a wide native distribution that includes Africa and...

  • Utricularia smithiana
    Utricularia smithiana
    Utricularia smithiana is a medium-sized, probably perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to India. U. smithiana grows as a terrestrial or affixed subaquatic plant in swamps or shallow water pools at medium and high altitudes...

  • Utricularia spiralis
    Utricularia spiralis
    Utricularia spiralis is a medium to large-sized, probably perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to tropical Africa and can be found in Angola, Burundi, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Liberia, Malawi, Sierra Leone,...

  • Utricularia subramanyamii
    Utricularia subramanyamii
    Utricularia subramanyamii is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to the Pathanamthitta district in southern India. U. subramanyamii grows in marshy areas. It was originally collected by C. N. Mohanan in 1978 and was formally described by M. K...

  • Utricularia tortilis
    Utricularia tortilis
    Utricularia tortilis is a small to medium-sized annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to tropical Africa and can be found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea,...

  • Utricularia uliginosa
    Utricularia uliginosa
    Utricularia uliginosa, the Asian bladderwort, is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to Southeast Asia , Oceania , and Australia Utricularia uliginosa, the Asian bladderwort, is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia....

  • Utricularia vitellina
    Utricularia vitellina
    Utricularia vitellina is a small or very small, probably perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to Peninsular Malaysia and is only known from two mountain peaks that are over apart. U. vitellina grows as a terrestrial plant in peaty stream banks...

  • Utricularia wightiana
    Utricularia wightiana
    Utricularia wightiana is a small to medium-sized, probably perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to India and is mostly confined to the Western Ghats. U. wightiana grows as a terrestrial plant in marshes and wet grasslands at altitudes from to . It...


Section Phyllaria
Utricularia sect. Phyllaria
Utricularia sect. Phyllaria is a section in the genus Utricularia. The sixteen species in this section are small or very small lithophytic or epiphytic carnivorous plants native to the mountains of Asia, ranging from India to China and New Guinea. One species, Utricularia striatula, is an exception...

  • Utricularia brachiata
    Utricularia brachiata
    Utricularia brachiata is a small perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. Its native distribution ranges from the Eastern Himalaya region to Yunnan. U. brachiata grows as a lithophyte among bryophytes on rocks at altitudes from to . It was originally described by...

  • Utricularia christopheri
    Utricularia christopheri
    Utricularia christopheri is a small perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to the Himalaya region and includes distributions in Sikkim, India and Nepal. U. christopheri grows as a lithophyte among bryophytes on rocks at altitudes from to . It was...

  • Utricularia corynephora
    Utricularia corynephora
    Utricularia corynephora is a small, probably perennial, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. Its native distribution includes Burma and Thailand and is only known from the type specimen from the southern peninsula of Burma and from a collection on the adjacent peninsula in...

  • Utricularia forrestii
    Utricularia forrestii
    Utricularia forrestii is a small perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. Its native distribution includes northern Burma and western China. It is represented in herberia by only four specimens. U. forrestii grows as a lithophyte on rocks among mosses at altitudes...

  • Utricularia furcellata
    Utricularia furcellata
    Utricularia furcellata is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to northeast India. U. furcellata grows as a lithophyte on moist rocks at altitudes from to . It was originally described by Daniel Oliver in 1859....

  • Utricularia garrettii
    Utricularia garrettii
    Utricularia garrettii is a small perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to Thailand where it is only known from the type locality and represented by a single specimen. U. garrettii grows as a lithophyte on moist rocks at altitudes around . It was...

  • Utricularia inthanonensis
    Utricularia inthanonensis
    Utricularia inthanonensis is a terrestrial lithophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to northern Thailand in Doi Inthanon National Park where it is only known from the type locality. It grows on moist granite rocks at altitudes around...

  • Utricularia kumaonensis
    Utricularia kumaonensis
    Utricularia kumaonensis is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to Bhutan, northern Burma, the Yunnan province of China, India, and Nepal. U. kumaonensis grows as a lithophyte, epiphyte, or terrestrial plant on mossy rocks or in bog grasslands at...

  • Utricularia moniliformis
    Utricularia moniliformis
    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 to...

  • Utricularia multicaulis
    Utricularia multicaulis
    Utricularia multicaulis is a very small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is native to Bhutan, Burma, China, India, and Nepal. U. multicaulis grows as a lithophyte or terrestrial plant on wet rocks or open swampy meadows with mosses at altitudes from to . It...

  • Utricularia phusoidaoensis
    Utricularia phusoidaoensis
    Utricularia phusoidaoensis is a terrestrial lithophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to the northern Thailand province of Phitsanulok on Phu Soi Dao, where it is only known from the type locality. It grows on wet cliffs at altitudes around...

  • Utricularia pulchra
    Utricularia pulchra
    Utricularia pulchra is a small, probably annual, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to New Guinea. U. pulchra grows as a lithophyte or terrestrial plant among mosses in wet sand or rocks and on wet cliffs at altitudes from to . It was originally described...

  • Utricularia salwinensis
    Utricularia salwinensis
    Utricularia salwinensis is a small, probably perennial, carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to China and is only known from the type location in northwestern Yunnan and two other collections in southeastern Xizang...

  • Utricularia spinomarginata
    Utricularia spinomarginata
    Utricularia spinomarginata is a terrestrial lithophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to the northern Thailand province of Phitsanulok on Phu Soi Dao, where it is only known from the type locality. It grows on wet cliffs at altitudes around...

  • Utricularia steenisii
    Utricularia steenisii
    Utricularia steenisii is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to Sumatra and is only known from higher elevations in Aceh. U. steenisii grows as a lithophyte or terrestrial plant among mosses in exposed or shady soils or on rocks at altitudes...

  • Utricularia striatula
    Utricularia striatula
    Utricularia striatula is a small carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is widespread from tropical Africa to New Guinea. U. striatula grows as a lithophyte or epiphyte on wet rocks or tree trunks at altitudes from near sea level to . It was originally described by James...


Section Stomoisia
Utricularia sect. Stomoisia
Utricularia sect. Stomoisia is a section in the genus Utricularia. The two species in this section are small to medium sized terrestrial carnivorous plants native to North, Central, and South America. Constantine Samuel Rafinesque originally described and published this section as a separate genus...

  • Utricularia cornuta
    Utricularia cornuta
    Utricularia cornuta, the horned bladderwort, is a small to medium sized, probably perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. cornuta is endemic to North America and can be found in the Bahamas, Cuba, Canada, and the United States...

  • Utricularia juncea
    Utricularia juncea
    Utricularia juncea, the southern bladderwort, is a small to medium sized, probably perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. juncea is native to Central, South, and North America. It grows as a terrestrial plant in marshes, swamps, and pools in shallow waters,...


Section Pleiochasia
Utricularia sect. Pleiochasia
Utricularia sect. Pleiochasia is a section in the genus Utricularia....

  • Utricularia albiflora
    Utricularia albiflora
    Utricularia albiflora is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to Queensland, Australia....

  • Utricularia antennifera
    Utricularia antennifera
    Utricularia antennifera is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to Western Australia....

  • Utricularia arnhemica
    Utricularia arnhemica
    Utricularia arnhemica is an affixed aquatic or terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to the Arnhem Land area in the Northern Territory of Australia....

  • Utricularia beaugleholei
    Utricularia beaugleholei
    Utricularia beaugleholei is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . Its distribution ranges from southeastern South Australia through central and western Victoria into New South Wales, where it has been collected from the southern tablelands and southwest slopes....

  • Utricularia benthamii
    Utricularia benthamii
    Utricularia benthamii is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to Western Australia and is found southwest of Lake Muir, Manjimup, and Bridgetown....

  • Utricularia capilliflora
    Utricularia capilliflora
    Utricularia capilliflora is an annual terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to the Northern Territory where it is a rather widespread species in the vicinity of Darwin....

  • Utricularia cheiranthos
    Utricularia cheiranthos
    Utricularia cheiranthos is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to the Northern Territory where it is only known from the type location near the Arnhem Land escarpment....

  • Utricularia dichotoma
    Utricularia dichotoma
    Utricularia dichotoma, commonly known as fairy aprons, is a variable, perennial species of terrestrial bladderwort. The specific epithet is Latin for "dividing into pairs" and refers to the double arrangement of flowers which this species often displays.- Morphology :Utricularia dichotoma is a low...

  • Utricularia dunlopii
    Utricularia dunlopii
    Utricularia dunlopii is an annual terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . Its distribution ranges from Western Australia to the Northern Territory....

  • Utricularia dunstaniae
    Utricularia dunstaniae
    Utricularia dunstaniae is an annual terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . Its distribution ranges from northern Western Australia to the Northern Territory....

  • Utricularia fistulosa
    Utricularia fistulosa
    Utricularia fistulosa is an affixed aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is a widespread species in the northeastern region of Western Australia....

  • Utricularia georgei
    Utricularia georgei
    Utricularia georgei is an annual terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to northern Western Australia....

  • Utricularia hamiltonii
    Utricularia hamiltonii
    Utricularia hamiltonii is an affixed aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to the Northern Territory of Australia....

  • Utricularia helix
    Utricularia helix
    Utricularia helix is an annual affixed aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to Western Australia....

  • Utricularia holtzei
    Utricularia holtzei
    Utricularia holtzei is an annual affixed aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to the Northern Territory....

  • Utricularia inaequalis
    Utricularia inaequalis
    Utricularia inaequalis is an annual terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to the southwestern coastal region of Western Australia....

  • Utricularia kamienskii
    Utricularia kamienskii
    Utricularia kamienskii is an annual terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to a few locations around Darwin in the Northern Territory....

  • Utricularia kenneallyi
    Utricularia kenneallyi
    Utricularia kenneallyi is an annual terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia....

  • Utricularia kimberleyensis
    Utricularia kimberleyensis
    Utricularia kimberleyensis, the Kimberley bladderwort, is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . Its distribution ranges from the Dampier Peninsula in northern Western Australia to the area around Darwin in the Northern Territory....

  • Utricularia lasiocaulis
    Utricularia lasiocaulis
    Utricularia lasiocaulis is an annual terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . Its distribution ranges from Western Australia through the Northern Territory and into Queensland, Australia....

  • Utricularia leptorhyncha
    Utricularia leptorhyncha
    Utricularia leptorhyncha is an annual, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . Its distribution ranges from Western Australia to the Northern Territory....

  • Utricularia menziesii
    Utricularia menziesii
    Utricularia menziesii, commonly known as redcoats, is a perennial, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to the coastal regions of Western Australia....

  • Utricularia paulineae
    Utricularia paulineae
    Utricularia paulineae is an affixed aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to the coastal regions of Western Australia....

  • Utricularia petertaylorii
    Utricularia petertaylorii
    Utricularia petertaylorii is an annual terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to southwestern Western Australia. It is named in honor of Peter Taylor....

  • Utricularia quinquedentata
    Utricularia quinquedentata
    Utricularia quinquedentata is an annual, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . Its distribution ranges across northern Australia from Western Australia to northern Queensland and south to Brisbane...

  • Utricularia rhododactylos
    Utricularia rhododactylos
    Utricularia rhododactylos is an annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is a terrestrial or affixed subaquatic species. It is endemic to the Northern Territory in Australia....

  • Utricularia singeriana
    Utricularia singeriana
    Utricularia pachyceras is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to Western Australia and the Northern Territory....

  • Utricularia terrae-reginae
    Utricularia terrae-reginae
    Utricularia terrae-reginae is a small, probably annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. terrae-reginae is endemic to the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, where it is only known from two locations. It grows as a terrestrial plant in sedge flats in shallow...

  • Utricularia tridactyla
    Utricularia tridactyla
    Utricularia tridactyla is an annual, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to northeastern Kimberley region in Western Australia....

  • Utricularia triflora
    Utricularia triflora
    Utricularia triflora is an annual, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to an area southeast of Darwin in the Northern Territory....

  • Utricularia tubulata
    Utricularia tubulata
    Utricularia tubulata is a suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . Its distribution ranges across northern Australia from Western Australia through the Northern Territory and into Queensland....

  • Utricularia uniflora
    Utricularia uniflora
    Utricularia uniflora is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . Its distribution ranges across southeastern Australia from extreme southeastern Victoria through New South Wales to southern Queensland. It is also found in Tasmania....

  • Utricularia violacea
    Utricularia violacea
    Utricularia violacea, the violet bladderwort, is an annual, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . Its native range includes Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania....

  • Utricularia volubilis
    Utricularia volubilis
    Utricularia volubilis, the twining bladderwort, is a perennial, affixed aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to the southwestern coastal region of Western Australia....


Section Polypompholyx
Utricularia sect. Polypompholyx
Utricularia sect. Polypompholyx is a section in the genus Utricularia that was considered to be its own genus in the family Lentibulariaceae but was reduce to sectional rank by Peter Taylor....

  • Utricularia multifida
    Utricularia multifida
    Utricularia multifida is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to Western Australia....

  • Utricularia tenella
    Utricularia tenella
    Utricularia tenella is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . Its distribution includes areas in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania....


Section Avesicaria
Utricularia sect. Avesicaria
Utricularia sect. Avesicaria is a section in the genus Utricularia. Both species in this section are endemic to Central and South America....

  • Utricularia neottioides
    Utricularia neottioides
    Utricularia neottioides is a perennial, affixed aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is a mat-forming rheophyte that is attached to rocks in the shallows of swiftly moving water. It is endemic to South America and is found in the countries of Colombia, Venezuela,...

  • Utricularia oliveriana
    Utricularia oliveriana
    Utricularia oliveriana is an affixed aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to South America where it can be found in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela....


Section Choristothecae
Utricularia sect. Choristothecae
Utricularia sect. Choristothecae is a section in the genus Utricularia. The two species in this section are very small rheophytic carnivorous plants that were formally included in section Avesicaria but were reassigned to their own section by Peter Taylor in 1989...

  • Utricularia choristotheca
    Utricularia choristotheca
    Utricularia choristotheca is a very small, probably perennial, rheophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. choristotheca is endemic to Suriname, where it is only known from the type location, and French Guiana, where it is found on Montagne des Nouragues. It grows as...

  • Utricularia determannii
    Utricularia determannii
    Utricularia determannii is a very small, probably perennial, rheophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. determannii is endemic to Suriname, where it is only known from the type location in the Wilhelmina Mountains. It grows as a rheophyte on bare granite rocks in...


Section Foliosa
Utricularia sect. Foliosa
Utricularia sect. Foliosa is a section in the genus Utricularia. The species in this section are small or medium-sized terrestrial carnivorous plants native to North and South America....

  • Utricularia amethystina
    Utricularia amethystina
    Utricularia amethystina, the Florida purple bladderwort, is a variable species of terrestrial bladderwort native to Bolivia, Brasil, Guyana, Peru, and south-east Florida. The small flowers can be purple, lilac, white, bluish, cream, or bright yellow, and are also highly variable in size and...

  • Utricularia calycifida
    Utricularia calycifida
    Utricularia calycifida is a small to medium-sized terrestrial perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. calycifida is endemic to northern South America and can be found in Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....

  • Utricularia hintonii
    Utricularia hintonii
    Utricularia hintonii is a small terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. hintonii is an annual lithophyte that is endemic to Mexico and is only known from the type location about west-southwest of Mexico City. It was originally collected by G. B...

  • Utricularia hispida
    Utricularia hispida
    Utricularia hispida is a medium-sized terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. hispida, which is usually a perennial plant, is endemic to Central and South America....

  • Utricularia huntii
    Utricularia huntii
    Utricularia huntii is a medium-sized perennial terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. huntii is endemic to Brazil and is only known from five collections. It was originally described by Peter Taylor in 1986 in honor of David Richard Hunt....

  • Utricularia longifolia
    Utricularia longifolia
    Utricularia longifolia is a large perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. longifolia, a terrestrial or lithophyte species, is endemic to Brazil....

  • Utricularia panamensis
    Utricularia panamensis
    Utricularia panamensis is a small carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. panamensis, a lithophyte, is endemic to Panama and is only known from the type location and other collections in the same area. It was first described by Peter Taylor in 1977 as Utricularia sp. and...

  • Utricularia petersoniae
    Utricularia petersoniae
    Utricularia petersoniae is a small annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. petersoniae, a lithophyte, is endemic to the Mexican state of Guerrero. It was first published and described by Peter Taylor in 1986. It is named in honor of K. M. Peterson, one of the...

  • Utricularia praelonga
    Utricularia praelonga
    Utricularia praelonga is a medium to large sized perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. praelonga, a terrestrial species, is endemic to South America, where it is found in northern Argentina, southern Brazil, and Paraguay....

  • Utricularia regia
    Utricularia regia
    Utricularia regia is a carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia and is endemic to the Sierra Madre del Sur region of Guerrero, Mexico. It is similar to U. hintonii and U. petersoniae, but it is easily distinguished from these species by the unusual 4-lobed division of the...

  • Utricularia schultesii
    Utricularia schultesii
    Utricularia schultesii is a small, terrestrial, perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. schultesii is endemic to South America, where it is only known from the type location in Colombia and additional collections in Venezuela. It was published and described by...

  • Utricularia tricolor
    Utricularia tricolor
    Utricularia tricolor is a medium to large sized perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. tricolor, a terrestrial species, is endemic to South America, where it is found in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela. It has a diploid...

  • Utricularia tridentata
    Utricularia tridentata
    Utricularia tridentata is a small terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. tridentata is endemic to South America, where it is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay....


Section Kamienskia
Utricularia sect. Kamienskia
Utricularia sect. Kamienskia is a section in the genus Utricularia. The two species in this section are very small bryophilous lithophytic carnivorous plants. Peter Taylor originally described and published the section and its single species, Utricularia peranomala, in 1986. In 2007, Guang Wan Hu...

  • Utricularia mangshanensis
    Utricularia mangshanensis
    Utricularia mangshanensis is a carnivorous plant belonging to the genus Utricularia. This species is known only from the Mangshan Mountains of Hunan Province, China. It is thought to be most closely related to U. peranomala....

  • Utricularia peranomala
    Utricularia peranomala
    Utricularia peranomala is a very small, annual, bryophilous lithophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. peranomala is endemic to China, where it is only known from the type location in the hilly northeastern part of Guangxi. It grows as a lithophyte on wet rocks in...


Section Lecticula
Utricularia sect. Lecticula
Utricularia sect. Lecticula is a section in the genus Utricularia that was originally described as genus Lecticula in 1913 by John Hendley Barnhart. The two species in this section are small subaquatic carnivorous plants that are distinguished by the unique bracts, which are basifixed and tubular....

  • Utricularia resupinata
    Utricularia resupinata
    Utricularia resupinata, the lavender bladderwort or northeastern bladderwort, is a small perennial affixed subaquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is native to eastern Canada, United States, and Central America...

  • Utricularia spruceana
    Utricularia spruceana
    Utricularia spruceana is a small, affixed subaquatic or terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is native to South America with distributions in Brazil and Venezuela. Peter Taylor had reduced this species to a synonym under U...


Section Meionula
Utricularia sect. Meionula
Utricularia sect. Meionula is a section in the genus Utricularia. The four species in this section are small terrestrial carnivorous plants native to Southeast Asia and Australia. Constantine Samuel Rafinesque originally published some of the species in this section under two genera, Meionula and...

  • Utricularia geoffrayi
    Utricularia geoffrayi
    Utricularia geoffrayi is a small, probably perennial, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. geoffrayi is native to Indochina and can be found in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It was originally published and described by François Pellegrin in 1920...

  • Utricularia hirta
    Utricularia hirta
    Utricularia hirta is a small, probably perennial, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. hirta is native to India and Southeast Asia, where it can be found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam and on the island of Borneo...

  • Utricularia minutissima
    Utricularia minutissima
    Utricularia minutissima is a small or very small terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. minutissima is native to Asia and Australia...

  • Utricularia ramosissima
    Utricularia ramosissima
    Utricularia ramosissima is a small- to medium-sized carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is known only from Ubon Ratchathani Province in northeastern Thailand....


Section Mirabiles
Utricularia sect. Mirabiles
Utricularia sect. Mirabiles is a section in the genus Utricularia. The two species in this section are small or medium sized rheophytic carnivorous plants. Peter Taylor originally described and published the section in 1989, splitting the two species off from section Avesicaria on the basis of the...

  • Utricularia heterochroma
    Utricularia heterochroma
    Utricularia heterochroma is a very small, possibly perennial, rheophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. heterochroma is endemic to Venezuela, where it is known from the type location at Ptari-tepuí, two collections from Toronó-tepuí, one collection from...

  • Utricularia mirabilis
    Utricularia mirabilis
    Utricularia mirabilis is a small, perennial, rheophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. mirabilis is endemic to Venezuela, where it is known from the type location near Campo Grande. It grows as a rheophyte in creek beds of shallow running water at altitudes around...


Section Nelipus
Utricularia sect. Nelipus
Utricularia sect. Nelipus is a section in the genus Utricularia that was originally described as a genus in 1838 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. Two of the species in this section are endemic to Australia while the third, Utricularia limosa, is also native to Southeast Asia...

  • Utricularia biloba
    Utricularia biloba
    Utricularia biloba, the moth bladderwort, is a perennial, terrestrial or aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to Australia with a distribution along the coastal regions of New South Wales and Queensland....

  • Utricularia leptoplectra
    Utricularia leptoplectra
    Utricularia leptoplectra is a terrestrial or subaquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to Australia with a distribution in the Northern Territory from the area around Darwin, east to the Arnhem Land plateau, south to Katherine, and west to the western...

  • Utricularia limosa
    Utricularia limosa
    Utricularia limosa is a terrestrial or subaquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to Australia and Southeast Asia with distributions in China, Laos, Malaysia, New Guinea, the Northern Territory, Queensland, Thailand, Vietnam, and Western Australia....


Section Orchidioides
Utricularia sect. Orchidioides
Utricularia sect. Orchidioides is a section in the genus Utricularia. The species in this section are small or medium-sized terrestrial or epiphytic carnivorous plants native to Central and South America. Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle originally published this section in 1844...

  • Utricularia alpina
    Utricularia alpina
    Utricularia alpina is a medium-sized terrestrial or epiphytic, perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. alpina is native to the Antilles and northern South America, where it is found in Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, and Venezuela...

  • Utricularia asplundii
    Utricularia asplundii
    Utricularia asplundii is a small to medium sized terrestrial or epiphytic, perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. asplundii is endemic to western South America and is found in Colombia and Ecuador. It was originally published and described by Peter Taylor in...

  • Utricularia buntingiana
    Utricularia buntingiana
    Utricularia buntingiana is a small epiphytic, perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. buntingiana is endemic to Venezuela, where it is only known from a few locations: the type location in Henri Pittier National Park, one collection on the Paraguaná Peninsula, and...

  • Utricularia campbelliana
    Utricularia campbelliana
    Utricularia campbelliana is a small epiphytic, perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. campbelliana is endemic to northern South America, where it is found in Guyana and Venezuela and most likely also Brazil, though no positive records exist from that country. It...

  • Utricularia cornigera
    Utricularia cornigera
    Utricularia cornigera is a large perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. cornigera was described in 2009 by Miloslav Studnička based on his study of the variation in cultivated plants labeled Utricularia reniformis and apparent different geographic ranges...

  • Utricularia endresii
    Utricularia endresii
    Utricularia endresii is a medium-sized epiphytic, perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. endresii is endemic to Central America and northwestern South America...

  • Utricularia geminiloba
    Utricularia geminiloba
    Utricularia geminiloba is a medium-sized perennial lithophyte or terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. geminiloba is endemic to Brazil. It was originally published and described by Ludwig Benjamin in 1847. The species epithet refers to the two pronounced...

  • Utricularia humboldtii
    Utricularia humboldtii
    Utricularia humboldtii is a large perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. Peter Taylor lists it as either an "aquatic-epiphyte", a subaquatic or a terrestrial species. U. humboldtii is endemic to South America, where it is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela. It...

  • Utricularia jamesoniana
    Utricularia jamesoniana
    Utricularia jamesoniana is a small perennial epiphyte carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. jamesoniana is native to Central America, the Antilles, and northern and western South America...


  • Utricularia nelumbifolia
    Utricularia nelumbifolia
    Utricularia nelumbifolia is a large perennial aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. nelumbifolia, an epiphytic species, is endemic to Brazil. It was originally published and described by George Gardner in 1842...

  • Utricularia nephrophylla
    Utricularia nephrophylla
    Utricularia nephrophylla is a small to medium sized lithophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. nephrophylla is endemic to Brazil. It was originally published and described by Ludwig Benjamin in 1847. Its habitat is reported as being wet, mostly vertical rocks in...

  • Utricularia praetermissa
    Utricularia praetermissa
    Utricularia praetermissa is a medium sized epiphyte or terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. praetermissa is endemic to Central America, where it is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama. It was originally published and described by Peter Taylor in 1977....

  • Utricularia quelchii
    Utricularia quelchii
    Utricularia quelchii is a small perennial, epiphyte or terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. quelchii is endemic to the Guyana Highland region of Guyana and Venezuela with one collection from Brazil. It was originally published and described by N. E. Brown in...

  • Utricularia reniformis
    Utricularia reniformis
    Utricularia reniformis is a large perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. reniformis is endemic to Brazil. It was originally published and described by Augustin Saint-Hilaire in 1830. It usually grows as a terrestrial plant in wet grasslands and only sometimes as...

  • Utricularia unifolia
    Utricularia unifolia
    Utricularia unifolia is a medium-sized perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. unifolia is native to Central America and western South America...

  • Utricularia uxoris
    Utricularia uxoris
    Utricularia uxoris is a small epiphytic carnivorous plant in the genus Utricularia that is endemic to Costa Rica. It is distinguished from all other members of section Orchidoides in having green glabrous flowers with a white spur and its small size. The species is only known from its type locality...


Section Setiscapella
Utricularia sect. Setiscapella
Utricularia sect. Setiscapella is a section in the genus Utricularia that contains small or medium-sized terrestrial or subaquatic species. Most plants in this section are endemic to Central and South America with the exceptions of Utricularia stanfieldii, which is endemic to Africa, and...

  • Utricularia flaccida
    Utricularia flaccida
    Utricularia flaccida is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to Brazil....

  • Utricularia nervosa
    Utricularia nervosa
    Utricularia nervosa is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to South America where it can be found in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, and Venezuela....

  • Utricularia nigrescens
    Utricularia nigrescens
    Utricularia nigrescens is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to Brazil....

  • Utricularia physoceras
    Utricularia physoceras
    Utricularia physoceras is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to Brazil....

  • Utricularia pusilla
    Utricularia pusilla
    Utricularia pusilla, the tiny bladderwort, is an annual, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia...

  • Utricularia stanfieldii
    Utricularia stanfieldii
    Utricularia stanfieldii is an annual, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to western tropical Africa including ranges in Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo....

  • Utricularia subulata
    Utricularia subulata
    Utricularia subulata, the zigzag bladderwort, is a small annual, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is the most widely distributed species in the genus, being almost pantropical....

  • Utricularia trichophylla
    Utricularia trichophylla
    Utricularia trichophylla is an aquatic or terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is native to Central and South America where it can be found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela....

  • Utricularia triloba
    Utricularia triloba
    Utricularia triloba is a small annual, terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is native to Central and South America and is found in the following countries: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....


Section Steyermarkia
Utricularia sect. Steyermarkia
Utricularia sect. Steyermarkia is a section in the genus Utricularia. The three species in this section are small lithophyte carnivorous plants native to South America. Both U. aureomaculata and U. steyermarkii were previously included in U. sect...

  • Utricularia aureomaculata
    Utricularia aureomaculata
    Utricularia aureomaculata is a small, probably annual, lithophyte carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. aureomaculata is endemic to Venezuela and is only known from three locations: the type location on Ptari-tepuí in the Venezuelan state of Bolívar, one other location...

  • Utricularia cochleata
    Utricularia cochleata
    Utricularia cochleata is a small, bryophyllous, lithophytic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to Brazil and is only known from the type location in Goiás. It grows as a terrestrial lithophyte on mossy rocks within range of the spray of a waterfall. The species...

  • Utricularia steyermarkii
    Utricularia steyermarkii
    Utricularia steyermarkii is a small, probably perennial, bryophilous lithophyte carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. steyermarkii is endemic to Venezuela and is only known from three locations: the type location in the Venezuelan state of Bolívar, one other location from...


Section Utricularia
Utricularia sect. Utricularia
Utricularia sect. Utricularia is a section in the genus Utricularia. The species in this section are suspended or affixed aquatic carnivorous plants....

  • Utricularia aurea
    Utricularia aurea
    Utricularia aurea, the golden bladderwort, is a medium- to large-sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is the most common and widespread suspended aquatic species in Asia...

  • Utricularia australis
    Utricularia australis
    Utricularia australis is a medium sized, perennial species of aquatic bladderwort. This species has a vast geographic range, being found throughout Europe, in tropical and temperate Asia including China and Japan in the east, Central and Southern Africa, Australia and the North Island of New Zealand...

  • Utricularia benjaminiana
    Utricularia benjaminiana
    Utricularia benjaminiana is a medium-sized suspended or affixed, aquatic, perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . Its native distribution includes countries in Africa and Central and South America....

  • Utricularia biovularioides
    Utricularia biovularioides
    Utricularia biovularioides is a small, suspended aquatic annual carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is endemic to Brazil and, as of Peter Taylor's 1989 monograph on the genus, has only been located twice. The type specimen has not been located....

  • Utricularia bremii
    Utricularia bremii
    Utricularia bremii is a small, suspended or affixed aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is a perennial plant that was named in honour of Jacob Bremi. Its native distribution includes central and western Europe....

  • Utricularia breviscapa
    Utricularia breviscapa
    Utricularia breviscapa is a small to medium suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is probably an annual plant. Its native distribution includes the Antilles and South America....

  • Utricularia chiakiana
    Utricularia chiakiana
    Utricularia chiakiana is an affixed or suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is native to Venezuela and was first described by Sadashi Komiya and Chiaki Shibata in 1997....

  • Utricularia cymbantha
    Utricularia cymbantha
    Utricularia cymbantha is a very small suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is an annual plant. Its native distribution includes tropical and South Africa....

  • Utricularia dimorphantha
    Utricularia dimorphantha
    Utricularia dimorphantha is a medium-sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is a perennial plant. It is endemic to Japan....

  • Utricularia floridana
    Utricularia floridana
    Utricularia floridana, the Florida yellow bladderwort, is a large affixed aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is a perennial plant that is endemic to southeastern United States....

  • Utricularia foliosa
    Utricularia foliosa
    Utricularia foliosa, the leafy bladderwort, is a large suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is probably a perennial plant. U. foliosa is native to Africa and North and South America, widely distributed among many countries....

  • Utricularia geminiscapa
    Utricularia geminiscapa
    Utricularia geminiscapa, the hiddenfruit bladderwort, is a perennial, medium-sized species of aquatic bladderwort. This species occurs naturally in the northeastern USA and Canada with one record from British Columbia in Western Canada...

  • Utricularia gibba
    Utricularia gibba
    Utricularia gibba, commonly known as the humped or floating bladderwort, is a small, mat forming species of aquatic bladderwort...

  • Utricularia hydrocarpa
    Utricularia hydrocarpa
    Utricularia hydrocarpa is a medium sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is probably an annual plant. U. hydrocarpa is native to tropical North and South America....

  • Utricularia incisa
    Utricularia incisa
    Utricularia incisa is a medium sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia . It is probably a perennial plant. U. incisa is only known from specimens from Cuba and appears to be endemic to the country....

  • Utricularia inflata
    Utricularia inflata
    Utricularia inflata, commonly known as the swollen bladderwort, inflated bladderwort, or large floating bladderwort, is a large suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is a perennial that is native to the southeastern coastal plains of the United States. It has...

  • Utricularia inflexa
    Utricularia inflexa
    Utricularia inflexa is a medium to large sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is probably a perennial plant. U. inflexa is endemic to Africa and the Indian subcontinent.- External links :...

  • Utricularia intermedia
    Utricularia intermedia
    Utricularia intermedia, the flatleaf bladderwort, is a small, perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is usually found affixed to the substrate but it can also survive suspended in a body of water. U. intermedia is a circumboreal species and is found in North America,...

  • Utricularia macrorhiza
    Utricularia macrorhiza
    Utricularia macrorhiza, the common bladderwort, is a large, perennial suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. macrorhiza is native to North America and eastern temperate Asia.-External links:*...

  • Utricularia minor
    Utricularia minor
    Utricularia minor, the lesser bladderwort, is a small, perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is usually found affixed to the substrate but it can also survive suspended in a body of water. U. minor is a circumboreal species and is found in North America, Asia, and...

  • Utricularia muelleri
    Utricularia muelleri
    Utricularia muelleri is a medium-sized, perennial suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. muelleri is endemic to Australia and Papua New Guinea....

  • Utricularia naviculata
    Utricularia naviculata
    Utricularia naviculata is a very small, annual suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is a very distinct species with relatively large bracts and unique trap-bearing shoots . U. naviculata is endemic to South America and is known only from the type location in...

  • Utricularia ochroleuca
    Utricularia ochroleuca
    Utricularia ochroleuca, the yellowishwhite bladderwort, is a small, perennial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is usually found affixed to the substrate. U. ochroleuca is a circumboreal species and is found in North America, Asia, and Europe....

  • Utricularia olivacea
    Utricularia olivacea
    Utricularia olivacea, the piedmont bladderwort, is a very small, annual suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. olivacea is native to eastern North America and Central and South America....

  • Utricularia perversa
    Utricularia perversa
    Utricularia perversa is a medium-sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is probably most closely related to U. radiata. U. perversa is endemic to the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Guanajuato. It is found at altitudes around in shallow pools of water....

  • Utricularia platensis
    Utricularia platensis
    Utricularia platensis is a medium or large-sized perennial suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. platensis is endemic to South America....

  • Utricularia poconensis
    Utricularia poconensis
    Utricularia poconensis is a large suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. poconensis is endemic to South America and is found in Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina....

  • Utricularia punctata
    Utricularia punctata
    Utricularia punctata is a medium-sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. punctata is native to Borneo, Burma, China, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Thailand, and Vietnam....

  • Utricularia radiata
    Utricularia radiata
    Utricularia radiata, the little floating bladderwort, is a medium-sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. radiata is endemic to North America....

  • Utricularia raynalii
    Utricularia raynalii
    Utricularia raynalii is a small, annual, suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. raynalii is endemic to tropical Africa and can be found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Rwanda, Senegal, and Sudan...

  • Utricularia reflexa
    Utricularia reflexa
    Utricularia reflexa is a small to medium sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. reflexa is endemic to Africa and can be found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, the Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the...

  • Utricularia stellaris
    Utricularia stellaris
    Utricularia stellaris is a medium to large sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. stellaris is native to Africa, tropical Asia, and northern Australia....

  • Utricularia striata
    Utricularia striata
    Utricularia striata, the striped bladderwort, is a medium-sized affixed subaquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. striata is endemic to the eastern coastal plains of the United States....

  • Utricularia stygia
    Utricularia stygia
    Utricularia stygia, the arctic bladderwort, is an affixed aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. stygia is native to northern Europe and North America. This species was originally published by Göran Thor in 1987 but the description was not in Latin and was therefore...

  • Utricularia vulgaris
    Utricularia vulgaris
    Utricularia vulgaris is an aquatic species of bladderwort found in Asia and Europe. The plant is a free-floating and does not put down roots. Stems can attain lengths of over one metre in a single growing season, but die back and form turions in winter...

  • Utricularia warmingii
    Utricularia warmingii
    Utricularia warmingii is a small, annual suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. warmingii is endemic to South America and can be found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Venezuela.- External links :*...


Section Vesiculina
Utricularia sect. Vesiculina
Utricularia sect. Vesiculina is a section in the genus Utricularia. The species in this section are small or medium-sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plants native to North and South America....

  • Utricularia cucullata
    Utricularia cucullata
    Utricularia cucullata is a small suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. cucullata is endemic to South America and can be found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela....

  • Utricularia myriocista
    Utricularia myriocista
    Utricularia myriocista is a medium-sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. myriocista is endemic to South America and can be found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela....

  • Utricularia purpurea
    Utricularia purpurea
    Utricularia purpurea, the eastern purple bladderwort, is a medium-sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. U. purpurea is endemic to North and Central America. It has been suggested that U. purpurea may have partially lost its appetite for carnivory...


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