The authors placed the new species into Peter Taylor's section Psyllosperma, which has subsequently been merged with section Foliosa based on molecular phylogenetics.
Utricularia | Henry Venn (Clapham Sect) | Utricularia minor | Utricularia humboldtii | Nazarene (sect) | Utricularia sect. Foliosa | Utricularia resupinata | Utricularia ochroleuca | Utricularia costata | Utricularia australis | The Spindle Sect | Populus sect. Aigeiros | Mount Heaven Sect | Levenhookia sect. Levenhookia | Karaite (Jewish sect) | Haredi burqa sect | Emei Sect | Downliners Sect |
It has been placed in section Aranella and appears to be most closely related to U. costata, though it differs from all members of section Aranella in its rostrate upper calyx lobe.