Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Utricularia bifida in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 18.
today: The current name for this species is Utricularia bifida L.
original Latin description
Utricularia scapo nudo bifido.
English translation
Utricularia with a scape naked [and] bifid.
| Utricularia | Utricularia |
| with a scape | scapo - ablative singular of second declension masculine noun scapus, -i |
| naked | nudo - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective nudus, -a, -um; modifies scapo |
| [and] | [added for smoother reading] |
| bifid. | bifido - ablative singular masculine of group A adjective bifidus, -a, -um; modifies scapo |