Arnott, G.A.W. in Hooker, W.J. (1 May 1837), Synopsis of the East Indian species of Drosera and Parnassia. Companion to the Botanical Magazine 2(22): 314 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Turow Bay, Cochinchina. Finlayson."

taxonomic synonym: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. nom. inval., nom. nud.

Hooker, J.D. (29 December 1859), Introductory Essay. The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 2(11): xlii. [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 58 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drosera indica L. legitimate

Barrett, R.L. & Lowrie, A. (21 November 2013), Typification and application of names in Drosera sections Arachnopus (Droseraceae). Nuytsia 23: 531-535, Fig. 4 APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Drosera angustifolia F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera angustifolia var. purpuriflora F.Muell. ex Diels nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Drosera indica f. robusta F.M.Bailey legitimate pro parte misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Erickson, R. (1968), Plants of Prey in Australia: 52-53 pro parte misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Brock, J. (1988), Top End Native Plants: 142, pl. pro parte misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Droseraceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 238, Fig. 67B pro parte misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 97 pro parte misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Lowrie, A. (1998), Carnivorous Plants of Australia 3: 180 misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Marchant, N.G. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Droseraceae. Flora of Central Australia: 90, Fig. 113 misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Marchant, N.G. & George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Drosera. Flora of Australia 8: 15-16, Map 7 misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Droseraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 192 misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Droseraceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 494-495 misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Urban, A. (1990), Wildflowers of Central Australia: 56, pl. misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Latz, P.K. (1995), Bushfires & Bushtucker: 162 misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Droseraceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 357, Fig. 73i misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Grieve, B.J. (1998), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western Australia Edn. 2, 2: 58 misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Conran, J.G. & Marchant, N.G. in Kellermann, J. (ed.) (2011), Flora of South Australia Edn. 5: 6, Fig. 1g, pl. 2f-h

• APC Dist.: WA, Qld, NSW, Vic

Lowrie, A. (2014), Appendix. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus 3: 1277 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "The epithet, finlaysoniana, honours Mr George Finlayson (1790-1823), Scottish surgeon and naturalist to the mission sent to Siam and Cochin-china by the Bengal Government in 1821. Finlayson was called one of the finest naturalists of his day, and was noted for his pioneering studies of the plants, animals and people of southern Thailand and the Malay peninsula."

Barrett, R.L. & Lowrie, A. in Lowrie, A. (19 March 2014), Application of names in Drosera section Arachnopus (Droseraceae). Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus 3: 1286-1287, Fig. 14.5 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Drosera angustifolia F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera angustifolia var. purpuriflora F.Muell. ex Diels nom. inval., pro syn. taxonomic synonym: Drosera indica f. robusta F.M.Bailey legitimate pro parte misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Erickson, R. (1968), Plants of Prey in Australia: 52-53 pro parte misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Marchant, N.G. & George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Drosera. Flora of Australia 8: 15-16, Map 7 pro parte misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Brock, J. (1988), Top End Native Plants: 142, pl. pro parte misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Droseraceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 238, Fig. 67B pro parte misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 97 pro parte misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Lowrie, A. (1998), Carnivorous Plants of Australia 3: 180 misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Marchant, N.G. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Droseraceae. Flora of Central Australia: 90, Fig. 113 misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Droseraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 192 misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Urban, A. (1990), Wildflowers of Central Australia: 56, pl. misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Latz, P.K. (1995), Bushfires & Bushtucker: 162 misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Droseraceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 357, Fig. 73i misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Grieve, B.J. (1998), How to know Western Australian wildflowers: a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western Australia Edn. 2, 2: 58 misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Droseraceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 494-495 misapplication: Drosera indica L. legitimate by Conran, J.G. & Marchant, N.G. in Kellermann, J. (ed.) (2011), Flora of South Australia Edn. 5: 6, Fig. 1g, pl. 2f-h

Parker, C.M. & Biggs, L.J. (1 May 2014), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2013. Nuytsia 24: 47 [secondary reference]

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (3 October 2014), Appendix A. Name and status changes 2013 census to 2014 census. Census of the Queensland Flora: 21 [secondary reference]

Krueger, T. & Fleischmann, A. (19 May 2021), A new species of Drosera section Arachnopus (Droseraceae) from the western Kimberley, Australia, and amendments to the range and circumscription of Drosera finlaysoniana. Phytotaxa 501(1): 63-70, 73, Figs 3(map), 4-9 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "(designated here):—[VIETNAM. Municipality Đà Nẵng], Hb. Finl. [Herbarium Finlayson], Turun Bay [Turon Bay = Da Nang Bay] E.I.C. [East Indian Company], without date [collected 15–19 September 1822], Wallich Cat. no. 3752 [= G. Finlayson 507] (E00206577 photo!; isolectotype K000217501! [from Wallich’s herbarium K-W]; isolectotype K000659132! [from Herbarium Hookerianum via the East Indian Company Herbarium]; isolectotype G00414356 photo!)."

orthographic variant: Drosera finlaysoni Arn. orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Drosera angustifolia F.Muell. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera indica f. robusta F.M.Bailey legitimate

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