Droseraceae
Drosera

Drosera humilis Planch.

First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 9: 300 (1848)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Western Australia. It is a tuberous geophyte or subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Lowrie, A. & al. (2017). Drosera of the World 1: 1-528. Redfern Natural History publications, Polle, England.
  • Lowrie, A. (2005). A taxonomic revision of Drosera section Stolonifera (Droseraceae), from south-west Western Australia. Nuytsia 15: 355-393.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Drosera stolonifera subsp. humilis.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Lowrie, A. (2005). A taxonomic revision of Drosera section Stolonifera (Droseraceae), from south-west Western Australia. Nuytsia 15: 355-393.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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