List of Drosera species explained

This list of Drosera species is a comprehensive listing of all known species of the carnivorous plant genus Drosera.

Year Distribution Image
Drosera aberrans 2008 Australia
Drosera acaulis 1781 South Africa
Drosera adelae 1864 Adelaide sundew, lance-leaved sundew Australia
Drosera admirabilis 1987 South Africa
Drosera affinis 1871 African tropics
Drosera afra 2002 South Africa
Drosera alba Phillips 1913 South Africa
Drosera aliciae 1905 Alice sundew South Africa
Drosera allantostigma 2007 Australia
Drosera amazonica 2009 Brazil
Drosera andersoniana 1909 Sturdy sundew Australia
Drosera androsacea 1904 Cone sundew Australia
Drosera anglica 1778 English sundew, great sundew circumboreal North America, Europe, and Asia
Drosera arcturi 1834 Australia and New Zealand
Drosera arenicola 1952 Venezuela
Drosera ascendens 1824 Brazil
Drosera banksii 1824 Banks' sundew
Drosera barbigera 1848 Australia
Drosera bequaertii 1945 Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Drosera bicolor 1992 Australia
Drosera biflora 1820 Venezuela
Drosera binata 1804 Fork-leaved sundew Australia and New Zealand
Drosera brevicornis 1996 Australia
Drosera brevifolia 1814 Dwarf sundew, small sundew, red sundew North America, Central America, and South America
Drosera broomensis 1996 Australia
Drosera browniana 1992 Australia
Drosera bulbigena 1903 Midget sundew Australia
Drosera buubugujin 2020 Australia
Drosera bulbosa 1841 Red-leaved sundew Australia
Drosera burkeana 1848 African tropics
Drosera burmannii 1794 Tropical sundew Australia and Southeast Asia
Drosera caduca 1996 Australia
Drosera callistos 1992 Australia
Drosera camporupestris 2003 Brazil
Drosera capensis 1753 Cape sundew South Africa
Drosera capillaris 1804 Pink sundew, spathulate-leaved sundew North America, Central America, and South America
Drosera cayennensis 1906 Brazil, French Guiana, and Venezuela
Drosera cendeensis 1949 Venezuela
Drosera chrysolepis 1893 Brazil and Peru
Drosera cistiflora 1760 South Africa
Drosera citrina 1992 Australia
Drosera closterostigma 1992 Australia
Drosera collinsiae 1924 South Africa
Drosera communis 1824 Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, and Venezuela
Drosera condorP. Gonella, A. Fleischmann, F. Rivadavia, D. Neill, & P. Sano2016Peru and Ecuador
Drosera cuneifolia 1781 South Africa
Drosera darwinensis 1996 Australia
Drosera derbyensis 1996 Australia
Drosera dichrosepala 1854 Rusty sundew Australia
Drosera dielsiana 1956 Southern Africa
Drosera dilatato - petiolaris 1984 Australia
Drosera echinoblastus 1992 Australia
Drosera elongata 1955 Angola
Drosera eneabba 1992 Australia
Drosera enodes 1992 Australia
Drosera ericgreenii 2008 South Africa
Drosera erythrogyne 1992 Australia
Drosera erythrorhiza 1839 Red ink sundew Australia
Drosera esmeraldae 1957 Colombia, Venezuela
Drosera esterhuyseniae 1991 South Africa
Drosera falconeri 1984 Australia
Drosera felix 1974 Venezuela
Drosera filiformis 1808 Thread-leaved sundew North America
Drosera fimbriata 1975 Manypeaks sundew Australia
Drosera finlaysoniana 1837 Australia
Drosera fulva 1848 Australia
Drosera gigantea 1839 Giant sundew Australia
Drosera glabripes 1886 South Africa
Drosera glanduligera 1844 Pimpernel sundew Australia
Drosera graminifolia 1824 Brazil
Drosera graniticola 1982 Australia
Drosera grantsaui 2003 Brazil
Drosera graomogolensis 1997 Brazil
Drosera grievei 1992 Australia
Drosera hamiltonii 1903 Rosy sundew Australia
Drosera hartmeyerorum 2001 Australia
Drosera helodes 1992 Australia
Drosera heterophylla 1839 Swamp rainbow Australia
Drosera hilaris 1826 South Africa
Drosera hirtella 1824 Brazil
Drosera hirticalyx 1995 Venezuela
Drosera hookeri 2010 Australia
Drosera huegelii 1837 Bold sundew Australia
Drosera humbertii 1956 Madagascar
Drosera humilis 1848 Australia
Drosera hyperostigma 1992 Australia
Drosera indica 1753 Indian sundew Tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia
Drosera intermedia 1800 Oblong-leaved sundew, spoonleaf sundew temperate Europe, North America, South America
Drosera intricata 1848 Australia
Drosera kaieteurensis 1955 Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
Drosera katangensis 1945 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Drosera kenneallyi 1996 Australia
Drosera lanata 1984 Australia
Drosera lasiantha 1992 Australia
Drosera leucoblasta 1864 Wheel sundew Australia
Drosera leucostigma (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran 2007 Australia
Drosera linearis 1822 Slenderleaf sundew North America
Drosera longiscapa 2002 South Africa
Drosera lowriei 1992 Australia
Drosera macrantha 1837 Bridal rainbow Australia
Drosera macrophylla 1839 Showy sundew Australia
Drosera madagascariensis 1824 Africa
Drosera magnifica 2015 Brazil
Drosera mannii 1990 Australia
Drosera marchantii 1975 Australia
Drosera menziesii 1824 Pink rainbow Australia
Drosera meristocaulis 1957 Venezuela
Drosera microphylla 1837 Golden rainbow Australia
Drosera microscapa 1992 Australia
Drosera miniata 1904 Orange sundew Australia
Drosera modesta 1904 Modest rainbow Australia
Drosera montana 1824 Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela
Drosera monticola (Lowrie & N.G.Marchant) Lowrie 1992 Australia
Drosera moorei 1999 Australia
Drosera murfetii 2014 Australia
Drosera myriantha 1848 Star rainbow, starry sundew Australia
Drosera natalensis 1906 Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa
Drosera neesii 1844 Jewel rainbow Australia
Drosera neocaledonica 1906
Drosera nidiformis 1991 South Africa
Drosera nitidula 1848 Shining sundew Australia
Drosera nivea 1992 Australia
Drosera oblanceolata 1981 China
Drosera occidentalis 1912 Western sundew Australia
Drosera omissa 1906 Bright sundew Australia
Drosera orbiculata 1992 Australia
Drosera ordensis 1994 Australia
Drosera oreopodion 1992 Australia
Drosera paleacea 1824 Dwarf sundew Australia
Drosera pallida 1839 Pale rainbow Australia
Drosera paradoxa 1997 Australia
Drosera parvula 1848 Small sundew Australia
Drosera patens 2007 Australia
Drosera pauciflora 1824 South Africa
Drosera pedicellaris 2002 Australia
Drosera peltata 1797 Shield sundew, pale sundew Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia
Drosera peruensis 2002 Peru
Drosera petiolaris 1824 Larmi
Drosera pilosa 1956 Cameroon, Guinea, Kenya, Tanzania
Drosera planchoniiHook.f ex.Planch.1848Climbing sundewAustralia
Drosera platypoda 1854 Fan-leaved sundew Australia
Drosera platystigma 1844 Black-eyed sundew Australia
Drosera porrecta 1844 Australia
Drosera praefolia 1892 Australia
Drosera prolifera 1940 Australia
Drosera prostrata (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie 2005 Australia
Drosera prostratoscaposa 1990 Australia
Drosera pulchella 1844 Pretty sundew Australia
Drosera purpurascens 1856 Australia
Drosera pycnoblasta 1904 Pearly sundew Australia
Drosera pygmaea 1824 Australia, New Zealand
Drosera quartzicola 2011 Brazil
Drosera radicans 1982 Australia
Drosera ramellosa 1844 Branched sundew Australia
Drosera ramentacea 1824 South Africa
Drosera rechingeri 1987 Australia
Drosera regia 1926 King sundew South Africa
Drosera roraimae 1957 Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
Drosera roseana 1992 Australia
Drosera rosulata 1844 Australia
Drosera rotundifolia 1753 Common sundew, round-leaved sundew circumboreal North America, Europe, Asia
Drosera rubrifolia 2002 South Africa
Drosera rupicola 2005 Australia
Drosera salina 1992 Australia
Drosera sargentii 1992 Australia
Drosera schizandra 1906 Australia
Drosera schmutzii 2008 Australia
Drosera schwackei 2008 Brazil
Drosera scorpioides 1848 Shaggy sundew Australia
Drosera sessilifolia 1824 Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
Drosera sewelliae 1904 Red woolly sundew Australia
Drosera silvicola 1992 Australia
Drosera slackii 1987 South Africa
Drosera solaris 2007 Guyana
Drosera spatulata 1804 Spoon-leaved sundew Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia
Drosera spilos 1992 Australia
Drosera spiralis 1826 Brazil
Drosera stelliflora 1992 Australia
Drosera stenopetala 1853 New Zealand
Drosera stolonifera 1837 Leafy sundew Australia
Drosera stricticaulis 1913 Erect sundew Australia
Drosera subhirtella 1848 Sunny rainbow Australia
Drosera subtilis 1982 Australia
Drosera sulphurea 1844 Sulphur-flowered sundew Australia
Drosera tentaculata 2003 Brazil
Drosera tokaiensis 1991 Japan
Drosera tomentosa 1824 Brazil
Drosera trinervia 1820 South Africa
Drosera tubaestylis 1992 Australia
Drosera ultramafica 2011 Ultramafic-growing sundew
Drosera uniflora 1809
Drosera venusta 1987 South Africa
Drosera villosa 1824 Brazil
Drosera viridis 2003 Brazil
Drosera walyunga 1992 Australia
Drosera whittakeri 1848 Scented sundew, Whittaker's sundew Australia
Drosera yutajensis 1995 Venezuela
Drosera zeyheri 1940 South Africa
Drosera zigzagia 1999 Australia
Drosera zonaria 1848 Painted sundew Australia

See also

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.

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