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	Year	Vernacular name	Distribution	Image
Drosera aberrans	(Lowrie & Carlquist) Lowrie & Conran	2008		Australia	80px
Drosera acaulis	L.f.	1781		South Africa
Drosera adelae	F.Muell.	1864	Adelaide sundew, lance-leaved sundew	Australia	80px
Drosera admirabilis	Debbert	1987		South Africa	80px
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	80px
Drosera allantostigma	(N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran	2007		Australia	80px
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	80px
Drosera arenicola	Steyerm.	1952		Venezuela
Drosera ascendens	A.St.-Hil.	1824		Brazil	80px
Drosera banksii	R.Br. ex DC.	1824	Banks' sundew	Australia and New Guinea	80px
Drosera barbigera	Planch.	1848		Australia	80px
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	80px
Drosera brevicornis	Lowrie	1996		Australia
Drosera brevifolia	Pursh	1814	Dwarf sundew, small sundew, red sundew	North America, Central America, and South America	80px
Drosera broomensis	Lowrie	1996		Australia	80px
Drosera browniana	Lowrie & N.G.Marchant	1992		Australia
Drosera bulbigena	Morrison	1903	Midget sundew	Australia
Drosera bulbosa	Hook.	1841	Red-leaved sundew	Australia	80px
Drosera burkeana	Planch.	1848		African tropics
Drosera burmannii	Vahl	1794	Tropical sundew	Australia and Southeast Asia	80px
Drosera caduca	Lowrie	1996		Australia
Drosera callistos	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia	80px
Drosera camporupestris	Rivadavia	2003		Brazil
Drosera capensis	L.	1753	Cape sundew	South Africa	80px
Drosera capillaris	Poir.	1804	Pink sundew, spathulate-leaved sundew	North America, Central America, and South America	80px
Drosera cayennensis	Sagot ex Diels	1906		Brazil, French Guiana, and Venezuela
Drosera cendeensis	Tamayo & Croizat	1949		Venezuela
Drosera chrysolepis	Taub.	1893		Brazil and Peru	80px
Drosera cistiflora	L.	1760		South Africa	80px
Drosera citrina	Lowrie & Carlquist	1992		Australia	80px
Drosera closterostigma	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia	80px
Drosera collinsiae	N.E.Br. ex Burtt Davy	1924		South Africa	80px
Drosera communis	A.St.-Hil.	1824		Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, and Venezuela
Drosera cuneifolia	L.f.	1781		South Africa	80px
Drosera darwinensis	Lowrie	1996		Australia	80px
Drosera derbyensis	Lowrie	1996		Australia
Drosera dichrosepala	Turcz.	1854	Rusty sundew	Australia	80px
Drosera dielsiana	Exell & J.R.Laundon	1956		Southern Africa	80px
Drosera dilatato–petiolaris	K.Kondo	1984		Australia	80px
Drosera echinoblastus	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia	80px
Drosera elongata	Exell & J.R.Laundon	1955		Angola
Drosera eneabba	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia	80px
Drosera enodes	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia	80px
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	80px
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	80px
Drosera filiformis	Raf.	1808	Thread-leaved sundew	North America	80px
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	80px
Drosera graminifolia	A.St.-Hil.	1824		Brazil	80px
Drosera graniticola	N.G.Marchant	1982		Australia
Drosera grantsaui	Rivadavia	2003		Brazil
Drosera graomogolensis	T.R.S.Silva	1997		Brazil	80px
Drosera grievei	Lowrie & N.G.Marchant	1992		Australia
Drosera hamiltonii	C.R.P.Andrews	1903	Rosy sundew	Australia	80px
Drosera hartmeyerorum	Schlauer	2001		Australia	80px
Drosera helodes	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia	80px
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	80px
Drosera indica	L.	1753	Indian sundew	Tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia	80px
Drosera intermedia	Hayne	1800	Oblong-leaved sundew, spoonleaf sundew	temperate Europe, North America, South America	80px
Drosera intricata	Planch.	1848		Australia
Drosera kaieteurensis	Brumm.-Ding.	1955		Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela	80px
Drosera katangensis	Taton	1945		Democratic Republic of the Congo
Drosera kenneallyi	Lowrie	1996		Australia	80px
Drosera lanata	K.Kondo	1984		Australia	80px
Drosera lasiantha	Lowrie & Carlquist	1992		Australia	80px
Drosera leucoblasta	Benth.	1864	Wheel sundew	Australia	80px
Drosera leucostigma	(N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran	2007		Australia	80px
Drosera linearis	Goldie	1822	Slenderleaf sundew	North America	80px
Drosera longiscapa	Debbert	2002		South Africa	80px
Drosera lowriei	N.G.Marchant	1992		Australia
Drosera macrantha	Endl.	1837	Bridal rainbow	Australia	80px
Drosera macrophylla	Lindl.	1839	Showy sundew	Australia
Drosera madagascariensis	DC.	1824		Africa	80px
Drosera mannii	Cheek	1990		Australia	80px
Drosera marchantii	DeBuhr	1975		Australia
Drosera menziesii	R.Br. ex DC.	1824	Pink rainbow	Australia	80px
Drosera meristocaulis	Maguire & Wurdack	1957		Venezuela	80px
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	80px
Drosera monticola	(Lowrie & N.G.Marchant) Lowrie	1992		Australia
Drosera moorei	(Diels) Lowrie	1999		Australia
Drosera murfetii	(Lowrie) Lowrie	2014		Australia
Drosera myriantha	Planch.	1848	Star rainbow, starry sundew	Australia
Drosera natalensis	Diels	1906		Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa	80px
Drosera neesii	Lehm.	1844	Jewel rainbow	Australia
Drosera neocaledonica	Raym.-Hamet	1906		New Caledonia	80px
Drosera nidiformis	Debbert	1991		South Africa	80px
Drosera nitidula	Planch.	1848	Shining sundew	Australia	80px
Drosera nivea	Lowrie & Carlquist	1992		Australia
Drosera oblanceolata	Y.Z.Ruan	1981		China
Drosera occidentalis	Morrison	1912	Western sundew	Australia	80px
Drosera omissa	Diels	1906	Bright sundew	Australia	80px
Drosera orbiculata	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia
Drosera ordensis	Lowrie	1994		Australia	80px
Drosera oreopodion	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia	80px
Drosera paleacea	DC.	1824	Dwarf sundew	Australia	80px
Drosera pallida	Lindl.	1839	Pale rainbow	Australia	80px
Drosera paradoxa	Lowrie	1997		Australia	80px
Drosera parvula	Planch.	1848	Small sundew	Australia
Drosera patens	Lowrie & Conran	2007		Australia
Drosera pauciflora	Banks ex DC.	1824		South Africa	80px
Drosera pedicellaris	Lowrie	2002		Australia	80px
Drosera peltata	Thunb.	1797	Shield sundew, pale sundew	Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia	80px
Drosera peruensis	T.R.S.Silva & M.D.Correa	2002		Peru
Drosera petiolaris	R.Br. ex DC.	1824	Larmi	Australia, New Guinea	80px
Drosera pilosa	Exell & Laundon	1956		Cameroon, Guinea, Kenya, Tanzania
Drosera platypoda	Turcz.	1854	Fan-leaved sundew	Australia	80px
Drosera platystigma	Lehm.	1844	Black-eyed sundew	Australia	80px
Drosera porrecta	Lehm.	1844		Australia
Drosera praefolia	Tepper	1892		Australia
Drosera prolifera	C.T.White	1940		Australia	80px
Drosera prostrata	(N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie	2005		Australia
Drosera prostratoscaposa	Lowrie & Carlquist	1990		Australia
Drosera pulchella	Lehm.	1844	Pretty sundew	Australia	80px
Drosera purpurascens	Schlotth.	1856		Australia
Drosera pycnoblasta	Diels	1904	Pearly sundew	Australia
Drosera pygmaea	DC.	1824		Australia, New Zealand	80px
Drosera quartzicola	Rivadavia & Gonella	2011		Brazil
Drosera radicans	N.G.Marchant	1982		Australia
Drosera ramellosa	Lehm.	1844	Branched sundew	Australia	80px
Drosera ramentacea	Burch. ex DC.	1824		South Africa
Drosera rechingeri	Strid	1987		Australia
Drosera regia	Stephens	1926	King sundew	South Africa	80px
Drosera roraimae	(Klotzsch ex Diels) Maguire & Laundon	1957		Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela	80px
Drosera roseana	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia	80px
Drosera rosulata	Lehm.	1844		Australia
Drosera rotundifolia	L.	1753	Common sundew, round-leaved sundew	circumboreal North America, Europe, Asia	80px
Drosera rubrifolia	Debbert	2002		South Africa
Drosera rupicola	(N.G.Marchant) Lowrie	2005		Australia	80px
Drosera salina	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia
Drosera sargentii	Lowrie & N.G.Marchant	1992		Australia	80px
Drosera schizandra	Diels	1906		Australia	80px
Drosera schmutzii	Lowrie & Conran	2008		Australia
Drosera schwackei	(Diels) Rivadavia	2008		Brazil
Drosera scorpioides	Planch.	1848	Shaggy sundew	Australia	80px
Drosera sessilifolia	A.St.-Hil.	1824		Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela	80px
Drosera sewelliae	Diels	1904	Red woolly sundew	Australia
Drosera silvicola	Lowrie & Carlquist	1992		Australia
Drosera slackii	Cheek	1987		South Africa	80px
Drosera solaris	A.Fleischm., Wistuba & S.McPherson	2007		Guyana
Drosera spatulata	Labill.	1804	Spoon-leaved sundew	Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia	80px
Drosera spilos	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia
Drosera spiralis	A.St.-Hil.	1826		Brazil
Drosera stelliflora	Lowrie & Carlquist	1992		Australia
Drosera stenopetala	Hook.f.	1853		New Zealand	80px
Drosera stolonifera	Endl.	1837	Leafy sundew	Australia	80px
Drosera stricticaulis	(Diels) O.H.Sarg.	1913	Erect sundew	Australia	80px
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	80px
Drosera tokaiensis	(Komiya & C.Shibata) T.Nakamura & K.Ueda	1991		Japan
Drosera tomentosa	A.St.-Hil.	1824		Brazil	80px
Drosera trinervia	Spreng.	1820		South Africa	80px
Drosera tubaestylis	N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	1992		Australia	80px
Drosera ultramafica	A.Fleischm., A.S.Rob. & S.McPherson	2011	Ultramafic-growing sundew	Malesia	80px
Drosera uniflora	Willd.	1809		Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands
Drosera venusta	Debbert	1987		South Africa	80px
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	80px

See also

• Taxonomy of Drosera

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

• Barthlott, Wilhelm; Porembski, Stefan; Seine, Rüdiger; Theisen, Inge: Karnivoren. Stuttgart, 2004, ISBN 978-3-8001-4144-9
• Lowrie, Allen: Carnivorous Plants of Australia, Vol. 1-3, Nedlands, Western Australia, 1987 - 1998
• Schlauer, Jan: A dichotomous key to the genus Drosera L. (Droseraceae), Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, Vol. 25 (1996)