List of Drosera species

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This list of Drosera species is a comprehensive listing of all known species of the carnivorous plant genus Drosera.

Species	Authority	Yeara	Vernacular name	Distribution	Image
Drosera aberrans	(Lowrie & Carlquist) Lowrie &	2008		Australia
Drosera acaulis	L.f.	1781		South Africa
Drosera adelae	F.Muell.	1864	Adelaide sundew, lance-leaved sundew	Australia
Drosera admirabilis		1987		South Africa
	Welw. ex Oliv.	1871		African tropics
		2002		South Africa
	Phillips	1913		South Africa
Drosera aliciae		1905	Alice sundew	South Africa
Drosera allantostigma	(N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie &	2007		Australia
	, &	2009		Brazil
Drosera andersoniana	W.Fitzg. ex Ewart & Jean White	1909	Sturdy sundew	Australia
	Diels	1904	Cone sundew	Australia
Drosera anglica	Huds.	1778	English sundew, great sundew	circumboreal North America, Europe, and Asia
Drosera arcturi	Hook.	1834		Australia and New Zealand
	Steyerm.	1952		Venezuela
	A.St.-Hil.	1824		Brazil
Drosera banksii	R.Br. ex DC.	1824	Banks' sundew	Australia and New Guinea
Drosera barbigera	Planch.	1848		Australia
	Taton	1945		Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Drosera bicolor	Lowrie & Carlquist	1992		Australia
	Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.	1820		Venezuela
Drosera binata	Labill.	1804	Fork-leaved sundew	Australia and New Zealand
Drosera brevicornis	Lowrie	1996		Australia
Drosera brevifolia	Pursh	1814	Dwarf sundew, small sundew, red sundew	North America, Central America, and South America
Drosera broomensis	Lowrie	1996		Australia
Drosera browniana	Lowrie & N.G.Marchant	1992		Australia
Drosera bulbigena	Morrison	1903	Midget sundew	Australia
		2020		Australia
Drosera bulbosa	Hook.	1841	Red-leaved sundew	Australia
	Planch.	1848		African tropics
Drosera burmannii	Vahl	1794	Tropical sundew	Australia and Southeast Asia
Drosera caduca	Lowrie	1996		Australia
Drosera callistos	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia
		2003		Brazil
Drosera capensis	L.	1753	Cape sundew	South Africa
Drosera capillaris	Poir.	1804	Pink sundew, spathulate-leaved sundew	North America, Central America, and South America
	ex Diels	1906		Brazil, French Guiana, and Venezuela
	Tamayo & Croizat	1949		Venezuela
	Taub.	1893		Brazil and Peru
Drosera cistiflora	L.	1760		South Africa
Drosera citrina	Lowrie & Carlquist	1992		Australia
	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia
	N.E.Br. ex Burtt Davy	1924		South Africa
	A.St.-Hil.	1824		Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, and Venezuela
Drosera condor	P. Gonella, A. Fleischmann, F. Rivadavia, D. Neill, & P. Sano	2016		Peru and Ecuador
Drosera cuneifolia	L.f.	1781		South Africa
Drosera darwinensis	Lowrie	1996		Australia
Drosera derbyensis	Lowrie	1996		Australia
Drosera dichrosepala	Turcz.	1854	Rusty sundew	Australia
Drosera dielsiana	Exell & J.R.Laundon	1956		Southern Africa
Drosera dilatato–petiolaris		1984		Australia
	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia
	Exell & J.R.Laundon	1955		Angola
	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia
	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia
	, &	2008		South Africa
Drosera erythrogyne	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia
Drosera erythrorhiza	Lindl.	1839	Red ink sundew	Australia
	(Steyerm.) Maguire &	1957		Colombia, Venezuela
	(Salter)	1991		South Africa
Drosera falconeri	Tsang ex	1984		Australia
Drosera felix	Steyerm. & L.B.Sm.	1974		Venezuela
Drosera filiformis	Raf.	1808	Thread-leaved sundew	North America
Drosera fimbriata		1975	Manypeaks sundew	Australia
Drosera finlaysoniana	Wall. ex Arn.	1837		Australia
Drosera fulva	Planch.	1848		Australia
Drosera gigantea	Lindl.	1839	Giant sundew	Australia
	(Harv. ex Planch.) Stein	1886		South Africa
Drosera glanduligera	Lehm.	1844	Pimpernel sundew	Australia
	A.St.-Hil.	1824		Brazil
Drosera graniticola	N.G.Marchant	1982		Australia
		2003		Brazil
Drosera graomogolensis		1997		Brazil
	Lowrie & N.G.Marchant	1992		Australia
Drosera hamiltonii	C.R.P.Andrews	1903	Rosy sundew	Australia
Drosera hartmeyerorum		2001		Australia
	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia
Drosera heterophylla	Lindl.	1839	Swamp rainbow	Australia
	Cham. & Schltdl.	1826		South Africa
	A.St.-Hil.	1824		Brazil
	& Culham	1995		Venezuela
Drosera hookeri	, B.J.Conn & Conran	2010		Australia
Drosera huegelii	Endl.	1837	Bold sundew	Australia
	Exell & J.R.Laundon	1956		Madagascar
Drosera humilis	Planch.	1848		Australia
	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia
Drosera indica	L.	1753	Indian sundew	Tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia
Drosera intermedia	Hayne	1800	Oblong-leaved sundew, spoonleaf sundew	temperate Europe, North America, South America
Drosera intricata	Planch.	1848		Australia
Drosera kaieteurensis		1955		Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
Drosera katangensis	Taton	1945		Democratic Republic of the Congo
Drosera kenneallyi	Lowrie	1996		Australia
Drosera lanata		1984		Australia
	Lowrie & Carlquist	1992		Australia
	Benth.	1864	Wheel sundew	Australia
	(N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran	2007		Australia
Drosera linearis	Goldie	1822	Slenderleaf sundew	North America
		2002		South Africa
Drosera lowriei	N.G.Marchant	1992		Australia
Drosera macrantha	Endl.	1837	Bridal rainbow	Australia
Drosera macrophylla	Lindl.	1839	Showy sundew	Australia
Drosera madagascariensis	DC.	1824		Africa
Drosera magnifica		2015		Brazil
	Cheek	1990		Australia
Drosera marchantii		1975		Australia
Drosera menziesii	R.Br. ex DC.	1824	Pink rainbow	Australia
Drosera meristocaulis	Maguire &	1957		Venezuela
Drosera microphylla	Endl.	1837	Golden rainbow	Australia
		1992		Australia
	Diels	1904	Orange sundew	Australia
Drosera modesta	Diels	1904	Modest rainbow	Australia
	A.St.-Hil.	1824		Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela
Drosera monticola	(Lowrie & N.G.Marchant) Lowrie	1992		Australia
Drosera moorei	(Diels) Lowrie	1999		Australia
Drosera murfetii	(Lowrie) Lowrie	2014		Australia
Drosera myriantha	Planch.	1848	Star rainbow, starry sundew	Australia
	Diels	1906		Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa
Drosera neesii	Lehm.	1844	Jewel rainbow	Australia
		1906		New Caledonia
Drosera nidiformis		1991		South Africa
	Planch.	1848	Shining sundew	Australia
Drosera nivea	Lowrie & Carlquist	1992		Australia
		1981		China
	Morrison	1912	Western sundew	Australia
Drosera omissa	Diels	1906	Bright sundew	Australia
Drosera orbiculata	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia
Drosera ordensis	Lowrie	1994		Australia
	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia
Drosera paleacea	DC.	1824	Dwarf sundew	Australia
Drosera pallida	Lindl.	1839	Pale rainbow	Australia
Drosera paradoxa	Lowrie	1997		Australia
	Planch.	1848	Small sundew	Australia
	Lowrie &	2007		Australia
	Banks ex DC.	1824		South Africa
Drosera pedicellaris	Lowrie	2002		Australia
Drosera peltata	Thunb.	1797	Shield sundew, pale sundew	Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia
Drosera peruensis	& M.D.Correa	2002		Peru
Drosera petiolaris	R.Br. ex DC.	1824	Larmi	Australia, New Guinea
	Exell &	1956		Cameroon, Guinea, Kenya, Tanzania
Drosera platypoda	Turcz.	1854	Fan-leaved sundew	Australia
	Lehm.	1844	Black-eyed sundew	Australia
Drosera porrecta	Lehm.	1844		Australia
Drosera praefolia	Tepper	1892		Australia
Drosera prolifera	C.T.White	1940		Australia
Drosera prostrata	(N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie	2005		Australia
Drosera prostratoscaposa	Lowrie & Carlquist	1990		Australia
Drosera pulchella	Lehm.	1844	Pretty sundew	Australia
Drosera purpurascens		1856		Australia
	Diels	1904	Pearly sundew	Australia
Drosera pygmaea	DC.	1824		Australia, New Zealand
Drosera quartzicola	&	2011		Brazil
Drosera radicans	N.G.Marchant	1982		Australia
Drosera ramellosa	Lehm.	1844	Branched sundew	Australia
	Burch. ex DC.	1824		South Africa
	Strid	1987		Australia
Drosera regia	Stephens	1926	King sundew	South Africa
Drosera roraimae	(Klotzsch ex Diels) Maguire &	1957		Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
Drosera roseana	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia
Drosera rosulata	Lehm.	1844		Australia
Drosera rotundifolia	L.	1753	Common sundew, round-leaved sundew	circumboreal North America, Europe, Asia
		2002		South Africa
Drosera rupicola	(N.G.Marchant) Lowrie	2005		Australia
Drosera salina	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia
Drosera sargentii	Lowrie & N.G.Marchant	1992		Australia
Drosera schizandra	Diels	1906		Australia
Drosera schmutzii	Lowrie &	2008		Australia
	(Diels)	2008		Brazil
Drosera scorpioides	Planch.	1848	Shaggy sundew	Australia
Drosera sessilifolia	A.St.-Hil.	1824		Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
	Diels	1904	Red woolly sundew	Australia
Drosera silvicola	Lowrie & Carlquist	1992		Australia
Drosera slackii	Cheek	1987		South Africa
Drosera solaris	, Wistuba & S.McPherson	2007		Guyana
Drosera spatulata	Labill.	1804	Spoon-leaved sundew	Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia
	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia
	A.St.-Hil.	1826		Brazil
	Lowrie & Carlquist	1992		Australia
Drosera stenopetala	Hook.f.	1853		New Zealand
Drosera stolonifera	Endl.	1837	Leafy sundew	Australia
Drosera stricticaulis	(Diels)	1913	Erect sundew	Australia
Drosera subhirtella	Planch.	1848	Sunny rainbow	Australia
Drosera subtilis	N.G.Marchant	1982		Australia
Drosera sulphurea	Lehm.	1844	Sulphur-flowered sundew	Australia
Drosera tentaculata		2003		Brazil
Drosera tokaiensis	(Komiya & ) &	1991		Japan
Drosera tomentosa	A.St.-Hil.	1824		Brazil
Drosera trinervia	Spreng.	1820		South Africa
Drosera tubaestylis	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia
Drosera ultramafica	, A.S.Rob. & S.McPherson	2011	Ultramafic-growing sundew	Malesia
Drosera uniflora	Willd.	1809		Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands
Drosera venusta		1987		South Africa
Drosera villosa	A.St.-Hil.	1824		Brazil
Drosera viridis		2003		Brazil
	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia
Drosera whittakeri	Planch.	1848	Scented sundew, Whittaker's sundew	Australia
Drosera yutajensis	& Culham	1995		Venezuela
Drosera zeyheri	Salter	1940		South Africa
Drosera zigzagia	Lowrie	1999		Australia
Drosera zonaria	Planch.	1848	Painted sundew	Australia

See also[]

• Taxonomy of Drosera

Notes[]

a.^ Years given denote the year of the species's formal publication under the current name, thus excluding the earlier basionym date of publication if one exists.

References[]

• Barthlott, Wilhelm; Porembski, Stefan; Seine, Rüdiger; Theisen, Inge: Karnivoren. Stuttgart, 2004, ISBN 978-3-8001-4144-9
• Lowrie, Allen: Carnivorous Plants of Australia, Vol. 1-3, Nedlands, Western Australia, 1987 - 1998
• Schlauer, Jan: A dichotomous key to the genus Drosera L. (Droseraceae), Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, Vol. 25 (1996)