Drosera aurantiaca

Drosera aurantiaca
Flowers of Drosera aurantiaca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Droseraceae
Genus: Drosera
Subgenus: Drosera subg. Drosera
Section: Drosera sect. Arachnopus
Species:
D. aurantiaca
Binomial name
Drosera aurantiaca

Drosera aurantiaca is a species of sundew endemic to the Northern Territory and the north of Western Australia. It was first described by Allen Lowrie in his 2014 Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus. Like other members of Drosera sect. Arachnopus it is an annual therophyte.

The specific epithet aurantiaca (Latin: 'orange-coloured') refers to the orange flowers of this species.

References

  1. ↑ Bourke, G. (2016). "Drosera aurantiaca". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 (e.T97491500A143987210). doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T97491500A143987210.en. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "Drosera aurantiaca". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  3. ↑ Fleischmann, Andreas; Cross, Adam; Gibson, Robert; Gonella, Paulo; Dixon, Kingsley (2018). Systematics and taxonomy of Droseraceae. In: Carnivorous Plants: Physiology, ecology and evolution. Oxford University Press. pp. 45–57. ISBN 9780198779841. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
  4. ↑ Lowrie, Allen; Nunn, Richard; Robinson, Alastair; Bourke, Greg; McPherson, Stewart; Fleischmann, Andreas (2017). Drosera of the World Vol. 1. Poole, Dorset, England: Redfern Natural History Productions. ISBN 978-1-908787-16-3.