Drosera indica
Drosera indica | |
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D. indica in Narsapur, Medak district, India | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Droseraceae |
Genus: | Drosera |
Subgenus: | |
Section: | |
Species: | D. indica
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Binomial name | |
Drosera indica |
Drosera indica is an insectivorous plant, a sundew native to tropical countries throughout the world, from Asia to Africa, but absent from the neotropics.[1] Together with Australian endemic species , , , , D. finlaysoniana, , , D. hartmeyerorum, , it makes up the section Arachnopus.[2]
Description[]
Drosera indica is an unbranched, annual herbaceous plant, supported by a fibrous root system and reaching a height of 5–50 cm (2–20 in). Leaves are narrowly linear, up to 10 cm [4 in] long with 1–1.5 cm [0.4–0.6 in] pedicels.[3] Young plants stand upright, while older ones form scrambling stems with only the newest growth exhibiting an upright habit. The plant can be yellow-green to maroon in color. Flower petals can be white, pink, orange, or purple.[3] Its chromosome count is 2n=28.[4]
References[]
- ^ Schlauer, J. 2011. World Carnivorous Plant List – Nomenclatural Synopsis of Carnivorous Phanerogamous Plants. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ Barret and Lowrie, 2013. Application of names in Drosera section Arachnopus (Droseraceae). Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ a b Lowrie, Alan. 1998. Carnivorous Plants of Australia, volume 3. University of Western Australia Press. p. 180.
- ^ Kondo, K. 1969. Chromosome numbers of carnivorous plants. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 96(3): 322–328.
External links[]
Media related to Drosera indica at Wikimedia Commons
- Drosera
- Carnivorous plants of Africa
- Carnivorous plants of Asia
- Carnivorous plants of Australia
- Caryophyllales of Australia
- Eudicots of Western Australia
- Flora of the Northern Territory
- Flora of South Australia
- Flora of Queensland
- Flora of New South Wales
- Flora of Victoria (Australia)
- Plants described in 1753
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Flora of Maharashtra
- Droseraceae stubs
- Australian eudicot stubs