Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 18 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Virginia."

Taylor, P. (1989), The Genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph. Kew Bulletin Addit. ser. 14: 524-532 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Utricularia setacea Michx. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Vesiculina setacea (Michx.) Raf. legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, NSW

Jobson, R.W. & Conn, B.J. (21 December 2012), Utricularia subulata L. (Lentibulariaceae): a new weed record of an Australian native for New South Wales, Australia. Telopea 14: 85-87, Figs 1 (map) - 3 [secondary reference]

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