Droseraceae Salisb.
Drosera gracilis Hook.f. ex Planch. , legitimate, scientific
Planchon, J.E. (1848), Sur la famille des Droséracées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique ser. 3, 9: 297 BHL [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "in insula Van Diemen, loco dicto Formosa, ad Arthur's lake alt. 3388 ped., Hampshire hills; Gunn., no. 784, forsan etiam in Novae Cambriae crescit; quippe specimina vidi in herb. Smith cum D. peltata commixta."
Hooker, J.D. (24 October 1855), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror. III. Flora Tasmaniae 1(1): 30 BHL [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 61 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Drosera peltata Sm. ex Willd. nom. illeg.
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 465 BHL [basionym]
basionym of: Drosera peltata var. gracilis (Hook.f. ex Planch.) Benth. legitimate
Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 48 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Drosera peltata var. gracilis (Hook.f. ex Planch.) Benth. legitimate
Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 186 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Drosera peltata var. gracilis (Hook.f. ex Planch.) Benth. legitimate
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 415 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 189 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Drosera peltata var. gracilis (Hook.f. ex Planch.) Benth. legitimate
Marchant, N.G. & George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Drosera. Flora of Australia 8: 22-24, Fig 6, Map 15 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Drosera peltata Thunb. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Drosera peltata Thunb. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Drosera peltata var. gracilis (Hook.f. ex Planch.) Benth. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: Tas
Gibson, R., Conn, B.J. & Bruhl, J.J. (9 March 2012), Morphological evaluation of the Drosera peltata complex (Droseraceae). Australian Systematic Botany 25(1): 61 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Drosera peltata Thunb. legitimate
Barker, R.M. & Lang, P.J. (10 July 2012), Name changes associated with the South Australian census of vascular plants for the calendar year 2011. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 25: 100 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Drosera peltata Thunb. legitimate
Lowrie, A. (2014), Appendix. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus 3: 1278 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Drosera peltata var. gracilis (Hook.f. ex Planch.) Benth. legitimate
  • Etymology: "The epithet, gracilis, is from the Latin gracilis (thin, slender), in reference to its fine overall form, especially in terms of its very slender, erect major axis."
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 36 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Drosera peltata var. gracilis (Hook.f. ex Planch.) Benth. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Drosera peltata Thunb. legitimate