''Utricularia uxoris'' is a small

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in the genus '' Utricularia'' that is endemic to

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. 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,

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. It was collected in 2004 by Jorge Gómez-Laurito, Diego Salazar, and Jorge Carmona and then formally described in 2005 by . ''Utricularia uxoris'' is possibly just a form or variety of '' U. jamesoniana'', but Gómez-Laurito indicated in his original description of ''U. uxoris'' that it has shallow

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lobe divisions, compared to the deeply dissected corolla lobes found on ''U. jamesoniana'' flowers.

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* * Carnivorous plants of Central America Epiphytes Flora of Costa Rica Plants described in 2005 uxoris {{Lentibulariaceae-stub

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