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The genus Drosera is in the family Droseraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Drosera

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Drosera aberrans (Lowrie & Carlquist) Lowrie & Conran	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera acaulis L.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera adelae F.Muell.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera admirabilis Debbert	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera affinis Welw. ex Oliv.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera afra Debbert	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera alba E.Phillips	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera alba Phillips	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Drosera aliciae Raym.-Hamet	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera allantostigma (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera amazonica Rivadavia, A.Fleischm. & Vicent.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera andersoniana Fitzg. ex Ewart & Jean White	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera anglica Huds.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera arcturi Hook.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera arenicola Steyerm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera atrostyla Debbert	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera auriculata Backh. ex Planch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera × badgerupii Cheek	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera banksii R.Br. ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera barbigera Planch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Drosera × beleziana E.G.Camus	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera bequaertii Taton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera bicolor Lowrie & Carlquist	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera biflora Willd. ex Schult.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera binata Labill.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera brevicornis Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera brevifolia Pursh	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera broomensis Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera browniana Lowrie & N.G.Marchant	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera bulbigena Morrison	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera bulbosa Hook.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Drosera burkeana Planch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera burmanni Vahl	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera caduca Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera × californica Cheek	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera callistos N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera camporupestris Rivadavia	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera capensis L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera capillaris Poir.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera cayennensis Sagot ex Diels	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera cendeensis Tamayo & Croizat	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera chrysochila Schlauer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera chrysolepis Taub.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera cistiflora L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera citrina Lowrie & Carlquist	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Drosera closterostigma N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera coccipetala Debbert	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera collinsiae N.E.Br.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera collinsiae N.E. Br. ex Burtt Davy	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Drosera communis A.St.-Hil.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera × corinthiaca R.A.Gibson & E.Green	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera cuneifolia L.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera darwinensis Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera derbyensis Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera dichrosepala Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Drosera dielsiana Exell & J.R.Laundon	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera dilatato-petiolaris K. Kondo	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Drosera dilatatopetiolaris Kondô	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera echinoblastus N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera elongata Exell & J.R.Laundon	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera eneabba N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera ericgreenii A.Fleischm., R.P.Gibson & Rivadavia	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera ericksoniae N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera erythrogyne N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera erythrorhiza Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	3
Drosera esterhuyseniae (T.M.Salter) Debbert	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera falconeri Kondô & P.Tsang	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera filiformis Raf.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Drosera fimbriata DeBuhr	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera × fontinalis Rivadavia	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera gibsonii P.Mann	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera gigantea Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Drosera glabripes (Harv. ex Planch.) Stein	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera glanduligera Lehm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera graminifolia A.St.-Hil.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera graniticola N.G.Marchant	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera graomogolensis T.R.S.Silva	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera grievei Lowrie & N.G.Marchant	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera hamiltonii C.R.P.Andrews	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera hartmeyerorum Schlauer	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera helodes N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera heterophylla Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera hilaris Cham. & Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera hirticalyx Duno de Stefano & Culham	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera hookeri R.P.Gibson, B.J.Conn & Conran	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera huegelii Endl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera humbertii Exell & J.R.Laundon	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera humilis Planch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera × hybrida Macfarl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera hyperostigma N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera indica L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera insolita Taton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera intermedia Hayne	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera intricata Planch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera kaieteurensis Brumm.-Ding.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera kansaiensis Debbert	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera katangensis Taton	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera kenneallyi Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera lanata K.Kondo	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera lasiantha Lowrie & Carlquist	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera leucoblasta Benth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera leucostigma (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera linearis Goldie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera liniflora Debbert	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera longiscapa Debbert	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera lowriei N.G.Marchant	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera macrantha Endl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Drosera macrophylla Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera madagascariensis DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera mannii Cheek	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera marchantii DeBuhr	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera menziesii R.Br. ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Drosera meristocaulis Maguire & Wurdack	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera microphylla Endl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera modesta Diels	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera montana A.St.-Hil.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera moorei (Diels) Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera myriantha Planch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera × nagamotoi Cheek	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera natalensis Diels	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera neesii Lehm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera neocaledonica Raym.-Hamet	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera nidiformis Debbert	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera nitidula Planch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Drosera oblanceolata Y.Z.Ruan	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera × obovata Mert. & W.D.J.Koch	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera obovata Mert. & W.D.J. Koch	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Drosera occidentalis Morrison	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera orbiculata N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera ordensis Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera oreopodion N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera paleacea DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	4
Drosera pallida Lindl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera paradoxa Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera parvula Planch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Drosera patens Lowrie & Conran	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera pauciflora Banks ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera pedicellaris Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera peltata Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Drosera peruensis T.R.S.Silva & M.D.Correa	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera petiolaris R.Br. ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera pilosa Exell & J.R.Laundon	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera platypoda Turcz.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera platystigma Lehm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera porrecta Lehm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera prolifera C.T.White	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera prostrata (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera prostratoscaposa Lowrie & Carlquist	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera pulchella Lehm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera purpurascens Schlotth.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera pycnoblasta Diels	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera pygmaea DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera quartzicola Rivadavia & Gonella	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera radicans N.G.Marchant	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera ramellosa Lehm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera ramentacea Burch. ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera rechingeri Strid	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera regia Stephens	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera roraimae (Klotzsch ex Diels) Maguire & J.R.Laundon	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera roridula Thunb.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera rotundifolia L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera rubrifolia Debbert	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera rubripetala Debbert	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera rupicola (N.G.Marchant) Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera rupripetala Debbert	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Drosera salina N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera schizandra Diels	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera schmutzii Lowrie & Conran	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera schwackei (Diels) Rivadavia	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera scorpioides Planch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera sessilifolia A.St.-Hil.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera × sidjamesii Lowrie & Conran	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera slackii Cheek	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera solaris A.Fleischm., Wistuba & S.McPherson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera spatulata Labill.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera spilos N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera stenopetala Hook.f.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera stolonifera Endl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Drosera stricticaulis (Diels) O.H.Sarg.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Drosera subhirtella Planch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera subtilis N.G.Marchant	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera sulfurea Lehm.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Drosera × tokaiensis (Komiya & Shibata) T.Nakam. & K.Ueda	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera trinervia Spreng.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera tubaestylis N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera ultramafica A.Fleischm., A.S.Rob. & S.McPherson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera uniflora Willd.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera variegata Debbert	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera venusta Debbert	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera verticillata L.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera villosa A.St.-Hil.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera viridis Rivadavia	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera walyunga N.G.Marchant & Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera whittakeri Planch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera yutajensis Duno de Stefano & Culham	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera zigzagia Lowrie	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Drosera zonaria Planch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 376 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Drosera. Of these 187 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 153 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Drosera. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 376 species names for the genus Drosera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	187	49.7%
◕	Synonym	179	47.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	10	2.7%

All names

The status of the 529 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Drosera recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	208	39.3%
◕	Synonym	311	58.8%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	10	1.9%

Of the species names,

• 3 are recorded as invalid
• 8 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 376 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Drosera, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	187	175	0	0	362	96.3%
	Medium confidence	0	4	0	0	4	1.1%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	10	10	2.7%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Drosera is as follows: