''Utricularia'' sect. ''Orchidioides'' is a section in the genus '' Utricularia''. The species in this section are small or medium-sized terrestrial or

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s native to

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and South America. Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle originally published this section in 1844. In 1916,

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moved the section to its own genus, ''Orchyllium'', recognizing that the species in this section are distinct. Several other botanists, including Henry Gleason, considered the treatment of these species in the genus ''Orchyllium'' valid and moved other species from ''Utricularia'' to ''Orchyllium''. Ultimately the species were all reunited under ''Utricularia''.Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

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