Utricularia multifida, commonly called pink petticoat or fairy aprons, is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the bladderwort genus, Utricularia, of family Lentibulariaceae. It is endemic to the south west corner of Western Australia. It was once placed in a separate genus as Polypompholyx multifida.
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.
Utricularia westonii is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is named for Dr. A. Weston who first discovered this species in 1971. It is endemic to Cape Le Grand National Park in Western Australia. It is the only member of section Tridentaria.
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 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 helix is an annual affixed aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to Western Australia.
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 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 is an affixed aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to the coastal regions of Western Australia.
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. It was first identified by Ferdinand von Mueller as possibly a new species or variety in the early 1890s, noting it as "U. albiflora or a closely allied species." Mueller labeled one herbarium sheet as Utricularia albiflora var. quinquedentata. Without a valid description, according to the rules of botanical nomenclature, however, the epithet quinquedentata was not recognized until Peter Taylor validly published the species in 1986.
Utricularia pachyceras is a terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia. It is endemic to Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
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, 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.
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 Kimberley region in Western Australia.
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. Its native distribution ranges from India to Japan and Australia.
Peter Geoffrey Taylor (1926–2011) was a British botanist who worked at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew throughout his career in botany. Taylor was born in 1926 and joined the staff of the herbarium at Kew in 1948. He published his first new species, Utricularia pentadactyla, in 1954. In 1973, Taylor was appointed curator of the orchid division of the herbarium and, according to Kew, "under his direction, orchid taxonomy was revitalised and its horticultural contacts strengthened."
Utricularia simmonsii is a small annual or perennial terrestrial carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia and is the only member of Utricularia sect. Minutae. U. simmonsii is endemic to Australia and is only known from a few locations in the Northern Territory and Queensland. It and the section Minutae were originally published and described by Allen Lowrie, Ian D. Cowie, and John Godfrey Conran in 2008. It was named in honor of Paul Simmons, who discovered the species in Queensland in 2005.
The Genus Utricularia: A Taxonomic Monograph is a monograph by Peter Taylor on the carnivorous plant genus Utricularia, the bladderworts. It was published in 1989 by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) as the fourteenth entry in the Kew Bulletin Additional Series. It was reprinted for The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1994.
Utricularia ameliae is a terrestrial carnivorous plant belonging to the genus Utricularia. It is only known from the discharge mound spring habitats of far western Queensland, Australia.
