Drosera L.

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 Repu, Central European Rus, Chad, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, 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 Russi, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, 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 Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Svalbard, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkey, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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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?
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
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1243] Nepal K001112494 Unknown Type Material Yes
Christenhusz, M., J. M., Fay, M., Chas; Mirenda, T. [6317] Australia K000696212 No
Stannard, B.; Silva, T. [H52792] Brazil K:SPC-58993.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K000659077 Unknown Type Material Yes
Goyder, D. J.; Gomes, A. [9028] Angola K001622483 Yes
Trinidad and Tobago K:SPC-14455.000 No
Burges [s.n.] Australia K000659078 Unknown Type Material Yes
Armstrong [s.n.] Australia K000659083 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K000659091 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond, J. [s.n.] Australia K000215060 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gerard, P. [Cat. no. 1243] India K001112501 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cribb, P.J. Australia K:SPC-41940.000 No
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1243] K001112502 Unknown Type Material Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [4926] K:SPC-10548.000 No
Molloy, [G.] [s.n.] Australia K000356603 Yes
Cribb, P. [A.O.F. 54] Australia K:SPC-45459.003 No
Gunn, R. [s.n.] Australia K000215106 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K000659086 Unknown Type Material Yes
Brown, R. [4839] Australia K000659085 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hind, D.J.N.; Queiroz, R.F. [H50900] Brazil K:SPC-57982.000 No
Drummond, J. [s.n.] Australia K000215059 Unknown Type Material Yes
Molloy, [G.] [s.n.] Australia K000356605 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K000659087 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1243] Nepal K001112500 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond, [J.] [s.n.] Australia K000356604 Yes
Glaziou [21121] Brazil K001204976 Yes
Purseglove, J.W. [4927] K:SPC-10549.000 No
Cheek, M. Australia K:SPC-61764.000 No
Oldfield [s.n.] Australia K000659084 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • 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

  • 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 2024. 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 2024. 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