Q: The big Drosera checklist!
A: On this page I list all the species of Drosera.
I organize this list using subgenus and section categorizations. For these categorizations, I
use the system used by Lowrie et al. (2017), as modified by Fleischmann, Gonella, & Rivadavia (2018). Each species is hyperlinked to the FAQ taxonomy page on which I discuss the
plant in most detail. You'll also notice that I've included the authority for each entity, as well.
Note that in Fleischmann et al. (2018b), the subgeneric and sectional ranks are treated slightly differently. This method is shown immediately below,
and is followed by the expanded list using the version described in the preceding paragraph.
- Subgenus Drosera
- Section Arachnopus
- Same as the system below
- Section Pycnostigma
- Same as the system below
- Section Brasiliae
- Same as the system below
- Section Drosera
- Same as the system below except for the loss of D. hamiltonii
- Section Psychophila
- Same as the system below
- Section Stelogyne
- D. hamiltonii elevated from section Drosera to its own section
- Section Prolifera
- Same as the system below
- Section Thelocalyx
- Same as the system below
- Section Arachnopus
- Subgenus Ergalium
- Section Ergalium
- This system boldly groups all the tuberous sections (Ergalium, Erythrorhiza, Luniferae, Macrantha, Stolonifera) into one
- Section Phycopsis
- Same as the system below
- Section Bryastrum
- Same as the system below
- Section Lasiocephala
- Same as the system below
- Section Coelophylla
- This section (D. glanduligera) is moved from subgenus Drosera to this subgenus
- Section Ergalium
- Subgenus Arcturia
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- Elevated from section rank
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- Subgenus Regiae
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- Elevated from section rank
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- Subgenus Drosera
- Section Arachnopus
- Section Arcturia
- Section Brasiliae
- D. ascendens A.St.Hil.
- D. camporupestris F.Rivadavia
- D. chimaera Gonella & Rivadavia
- D. chrysolepis Taub.
- D. graminifolia A.St.Hil.
- D. grantsaui F.Rivadavia
- D. graomogolensis T.Silva
- D. latifolia (Eichler) Gonella & Rivadavia
- D. magnifica Gonella & Rivadavia
- D. montana A.St.Hil.
- D. quartzicola Gonella & Rivadavia
- D. riparia Gonella & Rivadavia
- D. schwackei (Diels) F. Rivadavia
- D. spiralis A.St.Hil.
- D. spirocalyx Gonella & Rivadavia
- D. tentaculata F.Rivadavia
- D. tomentosa A.St.Hil. var. tomentosa
- D. villosa A.St.Hil.
- Section Bryastrum
- D. albonotata A.S.Rob., A.T.Cross, Meisterl & A.Fleischm.
- D. allantostigma (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran
- D. androsacea Diels
- D. australis (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran
- D. barbigera Planch.
- D. bindoon Lowrie
- D. callistos N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- D. citrina Lowrie & Carlquist
- D. closterostigma N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- D. coalara Lowrie
- D. coomallo Lowrie
- D. depauperata Lowrie & Conran
- D. dichrosepala Turcz.
- D. echinoblastus N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- D. eneabba N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- D. enodes N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- D. gibsonii P.Mann
- D. grievei Lowrie & N.G.Marchant
- D. helodes N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- D. hyperostigma N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- D. lasiantha Lowrie & Carlquist
- D. leioblastus N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- D. leucoblasta Benth.
- D. leucostigma (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran
- D. mannii Cheek
- D. micra Lowrie & Conran
- D. micrantha Lehm.
- D. microscapa Debbert
- D. miniata Diels
- D. minutiflora Planch.
- D. nitidula Planch.
- D. nivea Lowrie & Carlquist
- D. occidentalis Morr.
- D. omissa Diels
- D. oreopodion N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- D. paleacea DC.
- D. patens Lowrie & Conran
- D. pedicellaris Lowrie
- D. platystigma Lehm.
- D. pulchella Lehm.
- D. pycnoblasta Diels
- D. pygmaea DC.
- D. rechingeri Strid
- D. roseana N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- D. sargentii Lowrie & N.G.Marchant
- D. scorpioides Planch.
- D. sewelliae Diels
- D. silvicola Lowrie & Carlquist
- D. spilos N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- D. stelliflora Lowrie & Carlquist
- D. trichocaulis (Diels) Lowrie
- D. verrucata Lowrie & Conran
- D. walyunga N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- Section Coelophylla
- Section Drosera
- D. amazonica Rivadavia, A. Fleischm. & Vicent
- D. anglica Huds.
- D. arenicola Steyerm.
- D. biflora Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
- D. brevifolia Pursh
- D. capillaris Poir.
- D. cayennensis Sagot ex Diels
- D. cendeensis Tamayo & Croizat
- D. communis A.St.Hil.
- D. condor Gonella, A. Fleischm. & Rivadavia
- D. esmeraldae (Steyerm.) Maguire & Wurdack
- D. felix Steyerm. & L.B.Smith
- D. filiformis Raf. var. D. filiformis
- D. hamiltonii C.R.P.Andrews
- D. hirtella A.St.Hil. var. hirtella
- D. hirticalyx R.Duno & Culham
- D. intermedia Hayne
- D. kaieteurensis Brumm.-Ding.
- D. linearis Goldie
- D. neocaledonica R.Hamet
- D. oblanceolata Y.Z.Ruan
- D. peruensis T.Silva & M.D.Correa
- D. roraimae (Klotzsch ex Diels) Maguire & Laundon
- D. rotundifolia L.
- D. solaris A.Fleischm., Wistuba & McPherson
- D. spatulata Labill. var. spatulata
- D. tokaiensis (Komiya & Shibata) T.Nakamura & Ueda
- D. tracyi Macf.
- D. ultramafica A.Fleischm., A.S.Rob. & S.McPherson
- D. viridis F.Rivadavia
- D. yutajensis R.Duno & Culham
- Section Lasiocephala
- D. banksii R.Br. ex DC.
- D. brevicornis Lowrie
- D. broomensis Lowrie
- D. caduca Lowrie
- D. darwinensis Lowrie
- D. derbyensis Lowrie
- D. dilatato-petiolaris Kondo
- D. falconeri Tsang ex Kondo
- D. fulva Planch.
- D. kenneallyi Lowrie
- D. lanata Kondo
- D. ordensis Lowrie
- D. paradoxa Lowrie
- D. petiolaris R.Br. ex DC.
- D. subtilis N.G.Marchant
- Section Meristocaulis
- Section Phycopsis
- Section Prolifera
- Section Psychophila
- Section Ptycnostigma
- D. acaulis L.f.
- D. admirabilis Debbert
- D. affinis Welw. ex Oliv.
- D. alba Phill.
- D. aliciae R.Hamet
- D. bequaertii Taton
- D. burkeana Planch.
- D. capensis L.
- D. cistiflora L.
- D. coccipetala Debbert
- D. collinsiae Brown ex Burtt Davy
- D. cuneifolia L.f.
- D. curvipes Planch.
- D. dielsiana Exell & Laundon
- D. elongata Exell & Laundon
- D. ericgreenii A.Fleischm., R.P.Gibson & Rivadavia
- D. esterhuyseniae (Salt.) Debbert
- D. flexicaulis Welw. ex Oliv.
- D. glabripes (Harv. ex Planch.) Stein
- D. hilaris Cham. & Schlechtd.
- D. humbertii Exell & Laundon
- D. katangensis Taton
- D. madagascariensis DC.
- D. natalensis Diels
- D. nidiformis Debbert
- D. pauciflora Banks ex DC.
- D. pilosa Exell & Laundon
- D. ramentacea Burch. ex DC.
- D. rubrifolia Debbert
- D. slackii Cheek
- D. trinervia Spreng.
- D. venusta Debbert
- D. xerophila A.Fleischm.
- D. zeyheri Salt.
- Section Thelocalyx
- Subgenus Ergaleium
- Section Ergaleium
- D. andersoniana W.Fitzg. ex Ewart. & White
- D. basifolia (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie
- D. bulbigena Morr.
- D. calycina Planch.
- D. esperensis Lowrie
- D. geniculata (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie
- D. gigantea Lindl.
- D. graniticola N.G.Marchant
- D. heterophylla Lindl.
- D. huegelii Endl.
- D. marchantii De Buhr
- D. menziesii R.Br. ex DC.
- D. microphylla Endl.
- D. myriantha Planch.
- D. neesii Lehm.
- D. prophylla (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie
- D. radicans N.G.Marchant
- D. stricticaulis (Diels) O.H.Sargent
- D. sulphurea Lehm.
- Section Erythrorhiza
- D. aberrans (Lowrie & Carlquist) Lowrie & Conran
- D. browniana Lowrie & N.G.Marchant
- D. bulbosa Hook. subsp. bulbosa
- D. collina (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie
- D. erythrorhiza Lindl.
- D. lowriei N.G.Marchant
- D. macrophylla Lindl.
- D. magna (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie
- D. major (Diels) Lowrie
- D. monantha (Lowrie & Carlquist) Lowrie
- D. orbiculata N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- D. praefolia Tepper
- D. prostratoscaposa Lowrie & Carlquist
- D. rosulata Lehm.
- D. schmutzii Lowrie & Conran
- D. squamosa Benth.
- D. tubaestylis N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- D. whittakeri Planch.
- D. zonaria Planch.
- Section Luniferae
- Section Macrantha
- D. drummondii Planch.
- D. eremaea (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran
- D. erythrogyne N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
- D. hirsuta Lowrie & Conran
- D. indumenta Lowrie & Conran
- D. intricata Planch.
- D. macrantha Endl.
- D. modesta Diels
- D. moorei (Diels) A.Lowrie
- D. pallida Lindl.
- D. planchonii Hook.f ex Planch.
- D. subhirtella Planch.
- D. thysanosepala Diels
- Section Stolonifera
- Section Ergaleium
- Subgenus Regiae
- Section Regiae
The preceding list is no doubt incomplete as new species are described, so watch for new species!
Page citations: Fleischmann, A., Gonella, P.M., and Rivadavia, F. 2018; Fleischmann, A., Cross, A.T., Gibson, R., Gonella, P.M., and Dixon, K.W. 2018b; Lowrie, A. 2013; Lowrie, A. et al. 2017a, 2017b; Robinson, A. et al. 2017; and other references cited in the various section pages.
