Taxonomic history:
1753: Linnaeus described this species as Utricularia gibba in Species Plantarum, 1st ed., p. 18.
today: The current name for this species is Utricularia gibba L.
original Latin description
Utricularia nectario gibboso.
English translation
Utricularia with a nectary gibbous.
| Utricularia | Utricularia |
| with a nectary | nectario - ablative singular of second declension neuter noun nectarium, -i |
| gibbous. | gibboso - ablative singular neuter of group A adjective gibossus, -a, -um; modifies nectario |