''Utricularia simmonsii'' is a small annual or perennial terrestrial

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that belongs to the genus '' Utricularia'' and is the only member of ''Utricularia'' sect. ''Minutae''. ''U. simmonsii'' is endemic to

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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

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, and John Godfrey Conran in 2008. It was named in honor of Paul Simmons, who discovered the species in Queensland in 2005.Lowrie, Allen, Cowie, Ian D., Conran, John G. (2008). A new species and section of ''Utricularia'' (Lentibulariaceae) from northern Australia. ''Telopea'', 12(1): 31-46. Lowrie ''et al.'' placed the section and species in subgenus '' Utricularia'' ''sensu'' Taylor (1989) or subgenus '' Bivalvaria'' ''sensu'' Müller & Borsch (2005), though the authors noted that it shares morphologically affinities with

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'' Enskide'' and '' Pleiochasia''. A recent molecular phylogenetic study shows that ''U. simmonsii'' is allied with section ''Enskide'' of subgenus ''Bivalvaria''.Müller KF and Borsch T. (2005). Phylogenetics of ''Utricularia'' (Lentibulariaceae) and molecular evolution of the ''trn''K intron in a lineage with high substitutional rates. ''Plant Systematics and Evolution'', 250: 39-67. Reut MS and Jobson RW. (2010). A phylogenetic study of subgenus Polypompholyx: a parallel radiation of ''Utricularia'' (Lentibulariaceae) throughout Australasia. ''Australian Systematic Botany'', 23: 152-161. Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London.

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