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