List of Drosera species

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 & Conran 2008 Australia
Drosera acaulis L.f. 1781 South Africa
Drosera adelae F.Muell. 1864 Adelaide sundew, lance-leaved sundew Australia
Drosera admirabilis Debbert 1987 South Africa
Drosera affinis Welw. ex Oliv. 1871 African tropics
Drosera afra Debbert 2002 South Africa
Drosera alba Phillips 1913 South Africa
Drosera aliciae Raym.-Hamet 1905 Alice sundew South Africa
Drosera allantostigma (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran 2007 Australia
Drosera amazonica Rivadavia, A.Fleischm. & Vicent. 2009 Brazil
Drosera andersoniana W.Fitzg. ex Ewart & Jean White 1909 sturdy sundew Australia
Drosera androsacea 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
Drosera arenicola Steyerm. 1952 Venezuela
Drosera ascendens A.St.-Hil. 1824 Brazil
Drosera banksii R.Br. ex DC. 1824 Banks' sundew Australia and New Guinea
Drosera barbigera Planch. 1848 Australia
Drosera bequaertii Taton 1945 Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Drosera bicolor Lowrie & Carlquist 1992 Australia
Drosera biflora 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
Drosera bulbosa Hook. 1841 red-leaved sundew Australia
Drosera burkeana 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
Drosera camporupestris Rivadavia 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
Drosera cayennensis Sagot ex Diels 1906 Brazil, French Guiana, and Venezuela
Drosera cendeensis Tamayo & Croizat 1949 Venezuela
Drosera chrysolepis Taub. 1893 Brazil and Peru
Drosera cistiflora L. 1760 South Africa
Drosera citrina Lowrie & Carlquist 1992 Australia
Drosera closterostigma N.G.Marchant & Lowrie 1992 Australia
Drosera collinsiae N.E.Br. ex Burtt Davy 1924 South Africa
Drosera communis A.St.-Hil. 1824 Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, and Venezuela
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 K.Kondo 1984 Australia
Drosera echinoblastus N.G.Marchant & Lowrie 1992 Australia
Drosera elongata Exell & J.R.Laundon 1955 Angola
Drosera eneabba N.G.Marchant & Lowrie 1992 Australia
Drosera enodes N.G.Marchant & Lowrie 1992 Australia
Drosera ericgreenii A.Fleischm., R.P.Gibson & Rivadavia 2008 South Africa
Drosera erythrogyne N.G.Marchant & Lowrie 1992 Australia
Drosera erythrorhiza Lindl. 1839 red ink sundew Australia
Drosera esmeraldae (Steyerm.) Maguire & Wurdack 1957 Colombia, Venezuela
Drosera esterhuyseniae (Salter) Debbert 1991 South Africa
Drosera falconeri Tsang ex K.Kondo 1984 Australia
Drosera felix Steyerm. & L.B.Sm. 1974 Venezuela
Drosera filiformis Raf. 1808 thread-leaved sundew North America
Drosera fimbriata DeBuhr 1975 Manypeaks sundew Australia
Drosera fulva Planch. 1848 Australia
Drosera gigantea Lindl. 1839 giant sundew Australia
Drosera glabripes (Harv. ex Planch.) Stein 1886 South Africa
Drosera glanduligera Lehm. 1844 Pimpernel sundew Australia
Drosera graminifolia A.St.-Hil. 1824 Brazil
Drosera graniticola N.G.Marchant 1982 Australia
Drosera grantsaui Rivadavia 2003 Brazil
Drosera graomogolensis T.R.S.Silva 1997 Brazil
Drosera grievei Lowrie & N.G.Marchant 1992 Australia
Drosera hamiltonii C.R.P.Andrews 1903 rosy sundew Australia
Drosera hartmeyerorum Schlauer 2001 Australia
Drosera helodes N.G.Marchant & Lowrie 1992 Australia
Drosera heterophylla Lindl. 1839 swamp rainbow Australia
Drosera hilaris Cham. & Schltdl. 1826 South Africa
Drosera hirtella A.St.-Hil. 1824 Brazil
Drosera hirticalyx R.Duno & Culham 1995 Venezuela
Drosera huegelii Endl. 1837 bold sundew Australia
Drosera humbertii Exell & J.R.Laundon 1956 Madagascar
Drosera humilis Planch. 1848 Australia
Drosera hyperostigma 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 Brumm.-Ding. 1955 Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
Drosera katangensis Taton 1945 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Drosera kenneallyi Lowrie 1996 Australia
Drosera lanata K.Kondo 1984 Australia
Drosera lasiantha Lowrie & Carlquist 1992 Australia
Drosera leucoblasta Benth. 1864 wheel sundew Australia
Drosera leucostigma (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran 2007 Australia
Drosera linearis Goldie 1822 slenderleaf sundew North America
Drosera longiscapa Debbert 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 mannii Cheek 1990 Australia
Drosera marchantii DeBuhr 1975 Australia
Drosera menziesii R.Br. ex DC. 1824 pink rainbow Australia
Drosera meristocaulis Maguire & Wurdack 1957 Venezuela
Drosera microphylla Endl. 1837 golden rainbow Australia
Drosera microscapa Debbert 1992 Australia
Drosera miniata Diels 1904 orange sundew Australia
Drosera modesta Diels 1904 modest rainbow Australia
Drosera montana A.St.-Hil. 1824 Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela
Drosera moorei (Diels) Lowrie 1999 Australia
Drosera myriantha Planch. 1848 star rainbow, starry sundew Australia
Drosera natalensis Diels 1906 Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa
Drosera neesii Lehm. 1844 jewel rainbow Australia
Drosera neocaledonica Raym.-Hamet 1906 New Caledonia
Drosera nidiformis Debbert 1991 South Africa
Drosera nitidula Planch. 1848 shining sundew Australia
Drosera nivea Lowrie & Carlquist 1992 Australia
Drosera oblanceolata Y.Z.Ruan 1981 China
Drosera occidentalis 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
Drosera oreopodion 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
Drosera parvula Planch. 1848 small sundew Australia
Drosera patens Lowrie & Conran 2007 Australia
Drosera pauciflora 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 T.R.S.Silva & M.D.Correa 2002 Peru
Drosera petiolaris R.Br. ex DC. 1824 larmi Australia, New Guinea
Drosera pilosa Exell & Laundon 1956 Cameroon, Guinea, Kenya, Tanzania
Drosera platypoda Turcz. 1854 fan-leaved sundew Australia
Drosera platystigma 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 Schlotth. 1856 Australia
Drosera pycnoblasta Diels 1904 pearly sundew Australia
Drosera pygmaea DC. 1824 Australia, New Zealand
Drosera quartzicola Rivadavia & Gonella 2011 Brazil
Drosera radicans N.G.Marchant 1982 Australia
Drosera ramellosa Lehm. 1844 branched sundew Australia
Drosera ramentacea Burch. ex DC. 1824 South Africa
Drosera rechingeri Strid 1987 Australia
Drosera regia Stephens 1926 king sundew South Africa
Drosera roraimae (Klotzsch ex Diels) Maguire & Laundon 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
Drosera rubrifolia Debbert 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 & Conran 2008 Australia
Drosera schwackei (Diels) Rivadavia 2008 Brazil
Drosera scorpioides Planch. 1848 shaggy sundew Australia
Drosera sessilifolia A.St.-Hil. 1824 Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
Drosera sewelliae Diels 1904 red woolly sundew Australia
Drosera silvicola Lowrie & Carlquist 1992 Australia
Drosera slackii Cheek 1987 South Africa
Drosera solaris A.Fleischm., Wistuba & S.McPherson 2007 Guyana
Drosera spatulata Labill. 1804 spoon-leaved sundew Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia
Drosera spilos N.G.Marchant & Lowrie 1992 Australia
Drosera stelliflora Lowrie & Carlquist 1992 Australia
Drosera stenopetala Hook.f. 1853 New Zealand
Drosera stolonifera Endl. 1837 leafy sundew Australia
Drosera stricticaulis (Diels) O.H.Sarg. 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 Rivadavia 2003 Brazil
Drosera tokaiensis (Komiya & C.Shibata) T.Nakamura & K.Ueda 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.Fleischm., A.S.Rob. & S.McPherson 2011 ultramafic-growing sundew Malesia
Drosera uniflora Willd. 1809 Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands
Drosera venusta Debbert 1987 South Africa
Drosera villosa A.St.-Hil. 1824 Brazil
Drosera viridis Rivadavia 2003 Brazil
Drosera walyunga N.G.Marchant & Lowrie 1992 Australia
Drosera whittakeri Planch. 1848 scented sundew, Whittaker's sundew Australia
Drosera yutajensis R.Duno & Culham 1995 Venezuela
Drosera zeyheri Salter 1940 South Africa
Drosera zigzagia Lowrie 1999 Australia
Drosera zonaria Planch. 1848 painted sundew Australia

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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

Genera
Protocarnivorous
Extinct
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