DroseraL.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 281 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Cosmopolitan.

Distribution

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 Republic, Central European Russia, Chad, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Eswatini, 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 Russia, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NW. Balkan Pen., 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 Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuva, Türkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yakutiya, Yukon, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Has 9 Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Includes 259 Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Lowrie, A. & al. (2017). Drosera of the World 1: 1-528. Redfern Natural History publications, Polle, England.

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)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

DateReferenceIdentified AsBarcodeType StatusHas image?
Jan 1, 2016Correa, M.D.; Taylor, A.; Mendoza, R.; Garibaldi, C.; Vergara, D. [2215] PanamaK000432557Type Yes
Jan 1, 1994Bopp, W. [88] AustraliaK001639843 Yes
Jan 1, 1991Collins, M. [127]K000240382Type Yes
Jan 20, 1988s.coll. [s.n.] New ZealandK000659196Isotype Yes
Jan 19, 1988s.coll. [s.n.] New ZealandK000659197Type Yes
Brown, R. [4839] AustraliaK000659085Unknown Type Material Yes
Armstrong [s.n.] AustraliaK000659083Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] AustraliaK000659091Unknown Type Material Yes
Burges [s.n.] AustraliaK000659078Unknown Type Material Yes
Christenhusz, M., J. M., Fay, M., Chas; Mirenda, T. [6317] AustraliaK000696212 No
Drummond, J. [s.n.] AustraliaK000215060Unknown Type Material Yes
Gerard, P. [Cat. no. 1243] IndiaK001112501Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1243] NepalK001112494Unknown Type Material Yes
Stannard, B.; Silva, T. [H52792] BrazilK:SPC-58993.000 No
Goyder, D. J.; Gomes, A. [9028] AngolaK001622483 Yes
Mackee, H.S. [35660] New CaledoniaK001892070 Yes
Mouly, A.; McPherson, G. [117] New CaledoniaK001892067 Yes
Lack, A.; Grimes, J. [1750] IndonesiaK001892078 Yes
Chantaranothai, P.; Middleton, D.; Parnell, J.; Simpson, D. [863] ThailandK001892079 Yes
MacKee, H.S. [43272] New CaledoniaK001892062 Yes
Roberts, D.L.; [DLR 106] MadagascarK001892542 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] AustraliaK000659077Unknown Type Material Yes
Trinidad and TobagoK:SPC-14455.000 No
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1243]K001112502Unknown Type Material Yes
Cribb, P.J. AustraliaK:SPC-41940.000 No
Molloy, [G.] [s.n.] AustraliaK000356605 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [4927]K:SPC-10549.000 No
Oldfield [s.n.] AustraliaK000659084Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] AustraliaK000659086Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond, J. [s.n.] AustraliaK000215059Unknown Type Material Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [4926]K:SPC-10548.000 No
Gunn, R. [s.n.] AustraliaK000215106 No
s.coll. [s.n.] AustraliaK000659087Unknown Type Material Yes
Cheek, M. AustraliaK:SPC-61764.000 No
Cribb, P. [A.O.F. 54] AustraliaK:SPC-45459.003 No
Hind, D.J.N.; Queiroz, R.F. [H50900] BrazilK:SPC-57982.000 No
Glaziou [21121] BrazilK001204976 Yes
Molloy, [G.] [s.n.] AustraliaK000356603 Yes
Drummond, [J.] [s.n.] AustraliaK000356604 Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1243] NepalK001112500Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection
  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0