3136.000 Drosera L. - Sundews

Description of the genus

Terrestrial herbs. Leaves in a basal rosette or alternate on stems; lamina simple with numerous sticky glands which trap small insects.

Worldwide: c. 110 species, cosmopolita, but especially in the southern hemisphere

Drosera dielsiana

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SpeciesLinks to mapsFZ divisionsContent
affinis Welw. ex Oliv.C,E
burkeana Planch.N,W,C,E,S
dielsiana Exell & J.R. LaundonEDescription, Image
indica L.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
madagascariensis DC.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image

Key to Species

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Other sources of information about Drosera:

Flora of Mozambique: Drosera
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Drosera
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Drosera
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Drosera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Drosera
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Drosera

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Drosera.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=637, retrieved 18 May 2013

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