Utricularia uxoris is a small epiphytic carnivorous plant in the genus Utricularia that is endemic to Costa Rica. It is distinguished from all other members of section Orchidioides in having green glabrous flowers with a white spur and its small size. The species is only known from its type locality in Reserva Biológica El Copal, Cartago Province. It was collected in 2004 by Jorge Gómez-Laurito, Diego Salazar, and Jorge Carmona and then formally described in 2005 by Gómez-Laurito (2005).
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lentibulariaceae |
| Genus: | Utricularia |
| Subgenus: | Utricularia subg. Utricularia |
| Section: | Utricularia sect. Orchidioides |
| Species: | U. uxoris
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| Utricularia uxoris | |
Utricularia uxoris is possibly just a form or variety of U. jamesoniana,[1] but Gómez-Laurito indicated in his original description of U. uxoris that it has shallow corolla lobe divisions, compared to the deeply dissected corolla lobes found on U. jamesoniana flowers.[2]
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edit- Gómez-Laurito, J (2005). "Utricularia uxoris (Lentibulariaceae), una nueva especie Costarricense de la sect Orchidioides" (PDF). Lankesteriana. 5 (2): 137–139.
- Rice, Barry A. (2010). "The Carnivorous Plant FAQ v.12". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
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