''Utricularia geoffrayi'' is a small, probably perennial, terrestrial

carnivorous plant Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans Protozoa (singular: protozoan or protozoon; alternative plural: protozoans) are a group of single-celled eukaryot ...

that belongs to the genus '' Utricularia''. ''U. geoffrayi'' is native to Indochina and can be found in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam. It was originally published and described by

François Pellegrin François Pellegrin (25 September 1881, in Paris's 6e arrondissement – 9 April 1965, in the Hôpital Bichat in the 18e arrondissement) was a French botanist, who specialised in the plants of tropical Africa. He published some 623 plant names ...

in 1920. It grows as a terrestrial plant among short grasses in or around rice fields at altitudes from sea level to . It has been collected in flower between September and December.Taylor, Peter. (1989). '' The genus Utricularia - a taxonomic monograph''. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XIV: London. ''Utricularia ramosissima'' from Ubon Ratchathani Province in northeastern Thailand was described as a separate species.Wakabayashi, H. 2010. ''

Journal of Insectivorous Plant Society is a quarterly Japanese-language periodical and the official publication of the Insectivorous Plant Society of Japan.Rice, B. 2010Carnivorous Plant Society Archives The Carnivorous Plant FAQ. rchived page from October 10, 2010/ref> The journa ...

'' 61(2): 33–38. It is regarded as a

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of ''U. geoffrayi''.GBIF Secretariat (2017)
''Utricularia ramosissima'' Wakabayashi
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist Dataset. Accessed 2018-03-31.

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Carnivorous plants of Asia Flora of Cambodia Flora of Thailand Flora of Vietnam geoffrayi Taxa named by François Pellegrin {{Lentibulariaceae-stub

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