Drosera
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Drosera

sundew

Hierarchical position of the Genus Drosera

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt.
pub. 1993
  
   SuperOrdo  Nepenthanae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 71. 29 Apr 1996.
  
   Ordo  Droserales Griseb.
pub. Grundr. Syst. Bot.: 75. Jan-Jun 1854.
  
   Familia  Droseraceae Salisb.
pub. Parad. Lond. 2: ad t. 95. 1808.
common name: Sundews and Venus Flytrap
  
   Subfamilia  Droseroideae Arn.
pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 98. 9 Mar 1832.
  
   Tribus  Drosereae Dumort.
pub. Fl. Belg.: 115. 1827.
  
   Genus  Drosera L.
pub. (1753)
common name: sundew
  

Named members of the Genus Drosera

1
   Species  anglica Huds.
common name: English sundew
2
   Species  annua E.L. Reed
syn. Drosera brevifolia
3
   Species  brevifolia Pursh
common name: dwarf sundew
4
   Species  capillaris Poir.
common name: pink sundew
5
   Species  filiformis Raf.
 
6
   Varietas  tracyi (Macfarlane) Diels
syn. Drosera tracyi
7
   Species  intermedia Hayne
common name: spoonleaf sundew
8
   Species  leucantha Shinners
syn. Drosera brevifolia
9
   Species  linearis Goldie
common name: slenderleaf sundew
10
   Species  longifolia L.
syn. Drosera anglica
11
   Species  rotundifolia L.
common name: sundew, Lus na Fearnaich  (Gaelic)
  
 
12
   Varietas  comosa Fern.
common name: roundleaf sundew
13
   Varietas  gracilis Laestad.
common name: roundleaf sundew
14
   Varietas  rotundifolia
common name: roundleaf sundew
15
   Species  tracyi Macfarlane
common name: Tracy's sundew
16
   Species  x belezeana E.G. Camus
17
   Species  x hybrida Macfarlane (pro sp.)
18
   Species  x obovata Mert. & Koch (pro sp.)

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed October 31, 2004   

 

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