- Family: Droseraceae Salisb.
Drosera L.
This genus is accepted, and its native range is Cosmopolitan.
[FZ]
Droseraceae, J. R. Laudon. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978
- Habit
- Annual or perennial insectivorous herbs, caulescent or acaulescent, with pseudo-roots on which tubers are sometimes formed.
- Leaves
- Leaves in a basal rosette or caulescent and alternate, the lamina provided with sticky glands which trap small insects.
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence 1- to many-flowered, racemose or cymose.
- Flowers
- Sepals, petals and stamens usually 5, rarely 4–8.
- Pistil
- Ovary 3–5-carpellary; styles 3–5; ovules on 3–5 parietal placentas.
- Seeds
- Seeds small and numerous.
[FTEA]
Droseraceae, J.R. Laundon. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1959
- Habit
- Mostly perennial herbs
- Leaves
- Leaves in a basal rosette or in whorls, the blades provided with sticky glands which in most species are situated towards the margin of the upper surface and which trap small insects
- Inflorescences
- Inflorescence 1–many-flowered, racemose or cymose
- Perianth
- Sepals and petals usually 5, rarely 4 or 8
- Stamens
- Stamens 5–20
- Pistil
- Ovary of 3–5 carpels; styles 3–5
- Fruits
- Fruit a capsule with 3–5 valves
- Seeds
- Seeds small and numerous.
Native to:
Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Angola, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Central European Rus, Chad, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, France, Free State, French Guiana, Føroyar, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hainan, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Madagascar, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Australia, South Carolina, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Svalbard, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkey, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Drosera aberrans (Lowrie & Carlquist) Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera acaulis L.f.
- Drosera adelae F.Muell.
- Drosera admirabilis Debbert
- Drosera affinis Welw. ex Oliv.
- Drosera alba E.Phillips
- Drosera albonotata A.S.Rob., A.T.Cross, Meisterl & A.Fleischm.
- Drosera aliciae Raym.-Hamet
- Drosera allantostigma (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera amazonica Rivadavia, A.Fleischm. & Vicent.
- Drosera andersoniana Fitzg. ex Ewart & Jean White
- Drosera androsacea Diels
- Drosera anglica Huds.
- Drosera aquatica Lowrie
- Drosera arcturi Hook.
- Drosera arenicola Steyerm.
- Drosera ascendens A.St.-Hil.
- Drosera atrostyla Debbert
- Drosera aurantiaca Lowrie
- Drosera auriculata Backh. ex Planch.
- Drosera australis (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera × badgerupii Cheek
- Drosera × badgingarra Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera banksii R.Br. ex DC.
- Drosera barbigera Planch.
- Drosera barrettiorum Lowrie
- Drosera basifolia (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie
- Drosera bequaertii Taton
- Drosera bicolor Lowrie & Carlquist
- Drosera biflora Willd. ex Schult.
- Drosera binata Labill.
- Drosera bindoon Lowrie
- Drosera brevicornis Lowrie
- Drosera brevifolia Pursh
- Drosera broomensis Lowrie
- Drosera browniana Lowrie & N.G.Marchant
- Drosera bulbigena Morrison
- Drosera bulbosa Hook.
- Drosera burkeana Planch.
- Drosera burmanni Vahl
- Drosera caduca Lowrie
- Drosera × californica Cheek
- Drosera callistos N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- Drosera calycina Planch.
- Drosera camporupestris Rivadavia
- Drosera capensis L.
- Drosera capillaris Poir.
- Drosera × carbarup Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera cayennensis Sagot ex Diels
- Drosera cendeensis Tamayo & Croizat
- Drosera chimaera Gonella & Rivadavia
- Drosera chrysolepis Taub.
- Drosera cistiflora L.
- Drosera citrina Lowrie & Carlquist
- Drosera closterostigma N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- Drosera coalara Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera coccipetala Debbert
- Drosera collina (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie
- Drosera collinsiae N.E.Br.
- Drosera communis A.St.-Hil.
- Drosera condor Gonella, A.Fleischm. & Rivadavia
- Drosera coomallo Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera × corinthiaca R.A.Gibson & E.Green
- Drosera cucullata Lowrie
- Drosera cuneifolia L.f.
- Drosera curvipes Planch.
- Drosera darwinensis Lowrie
- Drosera depauperata Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera derbyensis Lowrie
- Drosera dichrosepala Turcz.
- Drosera dielsiana Exell & J.R.Laundon
- Drosera dilatatopetiolaris Kondô
- Drosera drummondii Planch.
- Drosera echinoblastus N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- Drosera × eloisiana T.S.Bailey
- Drosera elongata Exell & J.R.Laundon
- Drosera eneabba N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- Drosera enodes N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- Drosera eremaea (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera ericgreenii A.Fleischm., R.P.Gibson & Rivadavia
- Drosera erythrogyne N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- Drosera erythrorhiza Lindl.
- Drosera esmeraldae (Steyerm.) Maguire & Wurdack
- Drosera esperensis Lowrie
- Drosera esterhuyseniae (T.M.Salter) Debbert
- Drosera falconeri Kondô & P.Tsang
- Drosera felix Steyerm. & L.B.Sm.
- Drosera filiformis Raf.
- Drosera fimbriata DeBuhr
- Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn.
- Drosera flexicaulis Welw. ex Oliv.
- Drosera × fontinalis Rivadavia
- Drosera fragrans Lowrie
- Drosera fulva Planch.
- Drosera geniculata (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie
- Drosera gibsonii P.Mann
- Drosera gigantea Lindl.
- Drosera glabripes (Harv. ex Planch.) Stein
- Drosera glabriscapa Lowrie
- Drosera glanduligera Lehm.
- Drosera gracilis Hook.f. ex Planch.
- Drosera graminifolia A.St.-Hil.
- Drosera graniticola N.G.Marchant
- Drosera grantsaui Rivadavia
- Drosera graomogolensis T.R.S.Silva
- Drosera grievei Lowrie & N.G.Marchant
- Drosera gunniana (Planch.) Mig.F.Salas
- Drosera hamiltonii C.R.P.Andrews
- Drosera hartmeyerorum Schlauer
- Drosera helodes N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- Drosera heterophylla Lindl.
- Drosera hilaris Cham. & Schltdl.
- Drosera hirsuta Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera hirtella A.St.-Hil.
- Drosera hirticalyx Duno de Stefano & Culham
- Drosera hookeri R.P.Gibson, B.J.Conn & Conran
- Drosera huegelii Endl.
- Drosera humbertii Exell & J.R.Laundon
- Drosera humilis Planch.
- Drosera × hybrida Macfarl.
- Drosera hyperostigma N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- Drosera indica L.
- Drosera indumenta Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera intermedia Hayne
- Drosera intricata Planch.
- Drosera kaieteurensis Brumm.-Ding.
- Drosera katangensis Taton
- Drosera kenneallyi Lowrie
- Drosera lanata K.Kondo
- Drosera lasiantha Lowrie & Carlquist
- Drosera latifolia (Eichler) Gonella & Rivadavia
- Drosera × legrandii Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera leioblastus N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- Drosera leucoblasta Benth.
- Drosera leucostigma (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera linearis Goldie
- Drosera × linglica Kusak. ex R.Gauthier & Gervais
- Drosera lowriei N.G.Marchant
- Drosera lunata Buch.-Ham. ex DC.
- Drosera macrantha Endl.
- Drosera macrophylla Lindl.
- Drosera madagascariensis DC.
- Drosera magna (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie
- Drosera magnifica Rivadavia & Gonella
- Drosera major (Diels) Lowrie
- Drosera mannii Cheek
- Drosera marchantii DeBuhr
- Drosera menziesii R.Br. ex DC.
- Drosera meristocaulis Maguire & Wurdack
- Drosera micra Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera micrantha Lehm.
- Drosera microphylla Endl.
- Drosera microscapa Debbert
- Drosera miniata Diels
- Drosera minutiflora Planch.
- Drosera modesta Diels
- Drosera monantha (Lowrie & Carlquist) Lowrie
- Drosera montana A.St.-Hil.
- Drosera monticola (Lowrie & N.G.Marchant) Lowrie
- Drosera moorei (Diels) Lowrie
- Drosera murfetii Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera myriantha Planch.
- Drosera nana Lowrie
- Drosera natalensis Diels
- Drosera neesii Lehm.
- Drosera neocaledonica Raym.-Hamet
- Drosera nidiformis Debbert
- Drosera nitidula Planch.
- Drosera nivea Lowrie & Carlquist
- Drosera oblanceolata Y.Z.Ruan
- Drosera × obovata Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
- Drosera occidentalis Morrison
- Drosera omissa Diels
- Drosera orbiculata N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- Drosera ordensis Lowrie
- Drosera oreopodion N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- Drosera paleacea DC.
- Drosera pallida Lindl.
- Drosera paradoxa Lowrie
- Drosera patens Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera pauciflora Banks ex DC.
- Drosera pedicellaris Lowrie
- Drosera peltata Thunb.
- Drosera peruensis T.R.S.Silva & M.D.Correa
- Drosera petiolaris R.Br. ex DC.
- Drosera pilosa Exell & J.R.Laundon
- Drosera × pingellyensis Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera planchonii Hook.f. ex Planch.
- Drosera platypoda Turcz.
- Drosera platystigma Lehm.
- Drosera porrecta Lehm.
- Drosera praefolia Tepper
- Drosera prolifera C.T.White
- Drosera prophylla (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie
- Drosera prostrata (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie
- Drosera prostratoscaposa Lowrie & Carlquist
- Drosera pulchella Lehm.
- Drosera purpurascens Schlotth.
- Drosera pycnoblasta Diels
- Drosera pygmaea DC.
- Drosera quartzicola Rivadavia & Gonella
- Drosera radicans N.G.Marchant
- Drosera ramellosa Lehm.
- Drosera ramentacea Burch. ex DC.
- Drosera rechingeri Strid
- Drosera regia Stephens
- Drosera riparia Gonella & Rivadavia
- Drosera roraimae (Klotzsch ex Diels) Maguire & J.R.Laundon
- Drosera roseana N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- Drosera rosulata Lehm.
- Drosera rotundifolia L.
- Drosera rubrifolia Debbert
- Drosera rupicola (N.G.Marchant) Lowrie
- Drosera salina N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- Drosera sargentii Lowrie & N.G.Marchant
- Drosera schizandra Diels
- Drosera schmutzii Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera schwackei (Diels) Rivadavia
- Drosera scorpioides Planch.
- Drosera serpens Planch.
- Drosera sessilifolia A.St.-Hil.
- Drosera sewelliae Diels
- Drosera × sidjamesii Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera silvicola Lowrie & Carlquist
- Drosera slackii Cheek
- Drosera solaris A.Fleischm., Wistuba & S.McPherson
- Drosera spatulata Labill.
- Drosera spilos N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- Drosera spiralis A.St.-Hil.
- Drosera spirocalyx Rivadavia & Gonella
- Drosera squamosa Benth.
- Drosera stelliflora Lowrie & Carlquist
- Drosera stenopetala Hook.f.
- Drosera stolonifera Endl.
- Drosera stricticaulis (Diels) O.H.Sarg.
- Drosera subhirtella Planch.
- Drosera subtilis N.G.Marchant
- Drosera sulphurea Lehm.
- Drosera tentaculata Rivadavia
- Drosera thysanosepala Diels
- Drosera tokaiensis (Komiya & Shibata) T.Nakam. & K.Ueda
- Drosera tomentosa A.St.-Hil.
- Drosera tracyi Macfarl.
- Drosera trichocaulis (Diels) Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera trinervia Spreng.
- Drosera tubaestylis N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- Drosera ultramafica A.Fleischm., A.S.Rob. & S.McPherson
- Drosera uniflora Willd.
- Drosera venusta Debbert
- Drosera verrucata Lowrie & Conran
- Drosera villosa A.St.-Hil.
- Drosera viridis Rivadavia
- Drosera walyunga N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- Drosera whittakeri Planch.
- Drosera × woodii R.Gauthier & Gervais
- Drosera xerophila A.Fleischm.
- Drosera yilgarnensis R.P.Gibson & B.J.Conn
- Drosera yutajensis Duno de Stefano & Culham
- Drosera zeyheri T.M.Salter
- Drosera zigzagia Lowrie
- Drosera zonaria Planch.
Drosera L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cribb, P. [A.O.F. 54], Australia | 45459.003 | |||
Stannard, B. [H52792], Brazil | 58993.000 | |||
Hind, D.J.N. [H50900], Brazil | 57982.000 | |||
Glaziou [21121], Brazil | K001204976 |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 281 (1753)
Accepted by
- Lowrie, A. & al. (2017). Drosera of the World 1: 1-528. Redfern Natural History publications, Polle, England.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Diels in Engl. Pflanzenr. Droserac. (1906).
- —F.T.A. 2: 401
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 136 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 1: 281 (1753)
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Diels in E.P. IV. 112: 61 (1906)
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 136 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 281 (1753)
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China
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