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Drosera

The genus Drosera is in the family Droseraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Drosera

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Infra. rec.
Drosera aberrans (Lowrie & Carlquist) Lowrie & Conran Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera acaulis L.f. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera adelae F.Muell. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera admirabilis Debbert Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera affinis Welw. ex Oliv. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera afra Debbert Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera alba E.Phillips Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera alba Phillips Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Drosera aliciae Raym.-Hamet Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera allantostigma (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera amazonica Rivadavia, A.Fleischm. & Vicent. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera andersoniana Fitzg. ex Ewart & Jean White Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera anglica Huds. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera arcturi Hook. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera arenicola Steyerm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera atrostyla Debbert Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera auriculata Backh. ex Planch. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera × badgerupii Cheek Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera banksii R.Br. ex DC. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera barbigera Planch. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Drosera × beleziana E.G.Camus Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera bequaertii Taton Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera bicolor Lowrie & Carlquist Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera biflora Willd. ex Schult. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera binata Labill. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera brevicornis Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera brevifolia Pursh Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera broomensis Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera browniana Lowrie & N.G.Marchant Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera bulbigena Morrison Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera bulbosa Hook. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Drosera burkeana Planch. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera burmanni Vahl Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera caduca Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera × californica Cheek Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera callistos N.G.Marchant & Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera camporupestris Rivadavia Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera capensis L. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera capillaris Poir. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera cayennensis Sagot ex Diels Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera cendeensis Tamayo & Croizat Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera chrysochila Schlauer Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera chrysolepis Taub. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera cistiflora L. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera citrina Lowrie & Carlquist Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Drosera closterostigma N.G.Marchant & Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera coccipetala Debbert Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera collinsiae N.E.Br. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera collinsiae N.E. Br. ex Burtt Davy Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Drosera communis A.St.-Hil. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera × corinthiaca R.A.Gibson & E.Green Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera cuneifolia L.f. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera darwinensis Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera derbyensis Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera dichrosepala Turcz. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Drosera dielsiana Exell & J.R.Laundon Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera dilatato-petiolaris K. Kondo Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Drosera dilatatopetiolaris Kondô Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera echinoblastus N.G.Marchant & Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera elongata Exell & J.R.Laundon Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera eneabba N.G.Marchant & Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera ericgreenii A.Fleischm., R.P.Gibson & Rivadavia Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera ericksoniae N.G.Marchant & Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera erythrogyne N.G.Marchant & Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera erythrorhiza Lindl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 3
Drosera esterhuyseniae (T.M.Salter) Debbert Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera falconeri Kondô & P.Tsang Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera filiformis Raf. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Drosera fimbriata DeBuhr Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera × fontinalis Rivadavia Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera gibsonii P.Mann Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera gigantea Lindl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Drosera glabripes (Harv. ex Planch.) Stein Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera glanduligera Lehm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera graminifolia A.St.-Hil. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera graniticola N.G.Marchant Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera graomogolensis T.R.S.Silva Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera grievei Lowrie & N.G.Marchant Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera hamiltonii C.R.P.Andrews Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera hartmeyerorum Schlauer Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera helodes N.G.Marchant & Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera heterophylla Lindl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera hilaris Cham. & Schltdl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera hirticalyx Duno de Stefano & Culham Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera hookeri R.P.Gibson, B.J.Conn & Conran Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera huegelii Endl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera humbertii Exell & J.R.Laundon Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera humilis Planch. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera × hybrida Macfarl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera hyperostigma N.G.Marchant & Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera indica L. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera insolita Taton Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera intermedia Hayne Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera intricata Planch. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera kaieteurensis Brumm.-Ding. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera kansaiensis Debbert Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera katangensis Taton Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera kenneallyi Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera lanata K.Kondo Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera lasiantha Lowrie & Carlquist Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera leucoblasta Benth. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera leucostigma (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera linearis Goldie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera liniflora Debbert Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera longiscapa Debbert Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera lowriei N.G.Marchant Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera macrantha Endl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Drosera macrophylla Lindl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera madagascariensis DC. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera mannii Cheek Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera marchantii DeBuhr Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera menziesii R.Br. ex DC. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 2
Drosera meristocaulis Maguire & Wurdack Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera microphylla Endl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera modesta Diels Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera montana A.St.-Hil. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera moorei (Diels) Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera myriantha Planch. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera × nagamotoi Cheek Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera natalensis Diels Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera neesii Lehm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera neocaledonica Raym.-Hamet Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera nidiformis Debbert Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera nitidula Planch. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Drosera oblanceolata Y.Z.Ruan Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera × obovata Mert. & W.D.J.Koch Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera obovata Mert. & W.D.J. Koch Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Drosera occidentalis Morrison Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera orbiculata N.G.Marchant & Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera ordensis Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera oreopodion N.G.Marchant & Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera paleacea DC. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 4
Drosera pallida Lindl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera paradoxa Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera parvula Planch. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Drosera patens Lowrie & Conran Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera pauciflora Banks ex DC. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera pedicellaris Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera peltata Thunb. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Drosera peruensis T.R.S.Silva & M.D.Correa Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera petiolaris R.Br. ex DC. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera pilosa Exell & J.R.Laundon Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera platypoda Turcz. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera platystigma Lehm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera porrecta Lehm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera prolifera C.T.White Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera prostrata (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera prostratoscaposa Lowrie & Carlquist Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera pulchella Lehm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera purpurascens Schlotth. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera pycnoblasta Diels Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera pygmaea DC. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera quartzicola Rivadavia & Gonella Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera radicans N.G.Marchant Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera ramellosa Lehm. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera ramentacea Burch. ex DC. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera rechingeri Strid Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera regia Stephens Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera roraimae (Klotzsch ex Diels) Maguire & J.R.Laundon Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera roridula Thunb. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera rotundifolia L. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera rubrifolia Debbert Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera rubripetala Debbert Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera rupicola (N.G.Marchant) Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera rupripetala Debbert Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Drosera salina N.G.Marchant & Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera schizandra Diels Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera schmutzii Lowrie & Conran Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera schwackei (Diels) Rivadavia Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera scorpioides Planch. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera sessilifolia A.St.-Hil. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera × sidjamesii Lowrie & Conran Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera slackii Cheek Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera solaris A.Fleischm., Wistuba & S.McPherson Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera spatulata Labill. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera spilos N.G.Marchant & Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera stenopetala Hook.f. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera stolonifera Endl. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Drosera stricticaulis (Diels) O.H.Sarg. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23 1
Drosera subhirtella Planch. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera subtilis N.G.Marchant Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera sulfurea Lehm. Unresolved L TRO 2012-04-18
Drosera × tokaiensis (Komiya & Shibata) T.Nakam. & K.Ueda Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera trinervia Spreng. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera tubaestylis N.G.Marchant & Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera ultramafica A.Fleischm., A.S.Rob. & S.McPherson Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera uniflora Willd. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera variegata Debbert Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera venusta Debbert Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera verticillata L. Unresolved L WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera villosa A.St.-Hil. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera viridis Rivadavia Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera walyunga N.G.Marchant & Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera whittakeri Planch. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera yutajensis Duno de Stefano & Culham Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera zigzagia Lowrie Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23
Drosera zonaria Planch. Accepted H WCSP 2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 376 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Drosera. Of these 187 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 153 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Drosera. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 376 species names for the genus Drosera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of binomial name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 187 49.7%
Synonym 179 47.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 10 2.7%

All names

The status of the 529 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Drosera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Pie chart of all name statuses
Status Total
Accepted 208 39.3%
Synonym 311 58.8%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 10 1.9%

Of the species names,

The confidence with which the status of the 376 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Drosera, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 187 175 0 0 362 96.3%
Medium confidence 0 4 0 0 4 1.1%
Low confidence 0 0 0 10 10 2.7%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Drosera is as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 3 0 6 0 9 2.4%
WCSP 187 175 0 4 0 366 97.3%
WCSP (in review) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0.3%