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