DroseraL.
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
- Adenopa Raf. inFl. Tellur. 3: 37 (1837)
- Dismophyla Raf. inFl. Tellur. 3: 36 (1837)
- Drossera Gled. inMém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Hist. (Berlin) 5: 126 (1749), orth. var.
- Esera Neck. inElem. Bot. 2: 160 (1790), opus utique oppr.
- Filicirna Raf. inFl. Tellur. 3: 37 (1837)
- Freatulina Chrtek & Slavíková inČas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 165: 140 (1996)
- Rorella Hill inBrit. Herb.: 187 (1756)
- Rossolis Adans. inFam. Pl. 2: 245 (1763)
- Sondera Lehm. inNov. Stirp. Pug. 8: 44 (1844)
Accepted Species
Includes 259 Accepted Species
- 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 arachnoides Rakotoar. & A.Fleischm.
- Drosera arcturi Hook.
- Drosera arenicola Steyerm.
- Drosera ascendens A.St.-Hil.
- Drosera atrata T.Krueger, A.Fleischm. & Bourke
- 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 ×bockowskii Scholl
- 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 buubugujin M.T.Mathieson
- 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 finlaysonii 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.) de 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 hortiorum T.Krueger & Bourke
- 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 koikyennuruff T.Krueger & A.S.Rob.
- 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 lutescens (A.St.-Hil.) Gonella, Rivadavia & A.Fleischm.
- Drosera maanyaa-gooljoo A.Fleischm. & T.Krueger
- Drosera macrantha Endl.
- Drosera macropetala (Diels) T.Krueger & A.Fleischm.
- 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 margaritacea T.Krueger & A.Fleischm.
- 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 reflexa Bourke & A.S.Rob.
- 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 rubricalyx T.Krueger & A.Fleischm.
- 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 stipularis Baleeiro, R.W.Jobson & R.L.Barrett
- 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.
Classification
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumStreptophyta
- ClassEquisetopsida
- SubclassMagnoliidae
- OrderCaryophyllales
- Family
- GenusDrosera
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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:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2016 | Correa, M.D.; Taylor, A.; Mendoza, R.; Garibaldi, C.; Vergara, D. [2215] Panama | K000432557 | Type | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1994 | Bopp, W. [88] Australia | K001639843 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1991 | Collins, M. [127] | K000240382 | Type | Yes | |
Jan 20, 1988 | s.coll. [s.n.] New Zealand | K000659196 | Isotype | Yes | |
Jan 19, 1988 | s.coll. [s.n.] New Zealand | K000659197 | Type | Yes | |
Brown, R. [4839] Australia | K000659085 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
Armstrong [s.n.] Australia | K000659083 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia | K000659091 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
Burges [s.n.] Australia | K000659078 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
Christenhusz, M., J. M., Fay, M., Chas; Mirenda, T. [6317] Australia | K000696212 | No | |||
Drummond, J. [s.n.] Australia | K000215060 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
Gerard, P. [Cat. no. 1243] India | K001112501 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1243] Nepal | K001112494 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
Stannard, B.; Silva, T. [H52792] Brazil | K:SPC-58993.000 | No | |||
Goyder, D. J.; Gomes, A. [9028] Angola | K001622483 | Yes | |||
Mackee, H.S. [35660] New Caledonia | K001892070 | Yes | |||
Mouly, A.; McPherson, G. [117] New Caledonia | K001892067 | Yes | |||
Lack, A.; Grimes, J. [1750] Indonesia | K001892078 | Yes | |||
Chantaranothai, P.; Middleton, D.; Parnell, J.; Simpson, D. [863] Thailand | K001892079 | Yes | |||
MacKee, H.S. [43272] New Caledonia | K001892062 | Yes | |||
Roberts, D.L.; [DLR 106] Madagascar | K001892542 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia | K000659077 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
Trinidad and Tobago | K:SPC-14455.000 | No | |||
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1243] | K001112502 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
Cribb, P.J. Australia | K:SPC-41940.000 | No | |||
Molloy, [G.] [s.n.] Australia | K000356605 | Yes | |||
Purseglove, J.W. [4927] | K:SPC-10549.000 | No | |||
Oldfield [s.n.] Australia | K000659084 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia | K000659086 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
Drummond, J. [s.n.] Australia | K000215059 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
Purseglove, J.W. [4926] | K:SPC-10548.000 | No | |||
Gunn, R. [s.n.] Australia | K000215106 | No | |||
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia | K000659087 | Unknown Type Material | Yes | ||
Cheek, M. Australia | K:SPC-61764.000 | No | |||
Cribb, P. [A.O.F. 54] Australia | K:SPC-45459.003 | No | |||
Hind, D.J.N.; Queiroz, R.F. [H50900] Brazil | K:SPC-57982.000 | No | |||
Glaziou [21121] Brazil | K001204976 | Yes | |||
Molloy, [G.] [s.n.] Australia | K000356603 | Yes | |||
Drummond, [J.] [s.n.] Australia | K000356604 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1243] Nepal | K001112500 | Unknown 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