Droseraceae
Drosera

Drosera sessilifolia A.St.-Hil.

First published in Hist. Pl. Remarq. Brésil: 259 (1826)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Colombia to Guyana and Bolivia. It is an annual or subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

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.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Regina da Silva, T. (2007). Flora da Bahia - Droseraceae Salisb.. Sitientibus Sérrie Ciências Biológicas 7: 393-397.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Correa A., M.D. & Regina dos Santos Silva, T. (2005). Drosera (Droseraceae). Flora Neotropica, Monograph 96: 1-67.
  • Robinson, A. & al. (2017). Drosera of the World 3: 1076-1544. Redfern Natural History publications, Polle, England.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1997 Glaziou, A.F.M. [10257] Brazil K000432528 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1997 Gardner, G. [2480] Brazil K000432529 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1992 Gardner, G. [2480] Brazil K000432527 Holotype Yes
Schomburgk [102] Guyana K000432530 Type Yes
Schomburgk [102] Guyana K000432531 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hunt, D.R. [s.n.] Brazil Drosera sessiliflora K001204919 Yes
Smith, D. [221] Brazil Drosera sessiliflora K001204914 Yes
Hunt, D.R. [5829] Brazil Drosera sessiliflora K001204916 Yes
Argent, G.C. [6457] Brazil Drosera sessiliflora K001204915 Yes
Hunt, D.R.; J.F.R. [6134] Brazil Drosera sessiliflora K001204913 Yes
Pres, M.J. [1688] Brazil Drosera sessiliflora K001204921 Yes
Prance, G.T.; Steward, J.R.; Ramos, J.F.; Farias, L.G. [9210] Brazil Drosera sessiliflora K001204917 Yes
Ule, E. [8126] Brazil Drosera sessiliflora K001204918 Yes
s.coll. [21120] Brazil Drosera sessiliflora K001204920 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. 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 2025. 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0