Utricularia minutissimaVahl

WFO wfo-0001230103 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Utricularia minutissima, photographed by Hugo Innes
fig. a Hugo Innes, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-08 / obs. 186860287
Utricularia minutissima, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. b Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 184619793
Utricularia minutissima, photographed by Hugo Innes
fig. c Hugo Innes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 184042244
Utricularia minutissima, photographed by Hugo Innes
fig. d Hugo Innes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 182296331
Utricularia minutissima, photographed by luluchouette
fig. e luluchouette, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 177314692
Utricularia minutissima, photographed by Hugo Innes
fig. f Hugo Innes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181407677
Utricularia minutissima, photographed by Hugo Innes
fig. g Hugo Innes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196230280
Utricularia minutissima, photographed by Hugo Innes
fig. h Hugo Innes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 179724956

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Utricularia minutissima is native: China Southeast, Japan, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia China SoutheastJapanBangladeshBorneoCambodiaIndiaLaosMalayaMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSri LankaSumateraThailandVietnamNorthern TerritoryQueenslandWestern Australia
Native distribution of Utricularia minutissima, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bangladesh BAN ASIA-TROPICAL
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
India IND
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Western Australia WAU
China Southeast CHS ASIA-TEMPERATE
Japan JAP

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 14 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Meionula parviflora Raf.
  • Utricularia brevilabris Lace
  • Utricularia brevilabris var. parviflora Pellegr.
  • Utricularia calliphysa Stapf
  • Utricularia capillacea Wight ex Oliv.
  • Utricularia evrardii Pellegr.
  • Utricularia lilliput Pellegr.
  • Utricularia minutissima f. albiflora (Komiya) Komiya & C.Shibata
  • Utricularia nigricaulis Ridl.
  • Utricularia nipponica Makino
  • Utricularia nipponica f. albiflora Komiya
  • Utricularia pygmaea R.Br.
  • Utricularia siamensis Ostenf.
  • Vesiculina pygmea (R.Br.) Raf.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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