Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 282 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in India."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 58-59, 223 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera hexagynia Blanco legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera serpens Planch. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera angustifolia F.Muell. legitimate

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 456 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Drosera serpens Planch. legitimate

Tate, R. (1880), A Census of the Indigenous Flowering Plants and Ferns of Extra-Tropical South Australia. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 3: 52 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1881), A catalogue of plants collected during Mr. Alexander Forrest's geographical exploration of North-west Australia in 1879. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 14: 83 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1881), Plants of North-Western Australia. Western Australia - Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Council: 5, 14 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 7 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1887), Plants collected in Capricornic Western Australia, by H.S. King. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 23: 50 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 13 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 41 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 174 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 258 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 700-701 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. nom. inval., nom. nud. taxonomic synonym: Drosera hexagynia Blanco legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera serpens Planch. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera angustifolia F.Muell. legitimate

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 390 [secondary reference]

Steenis, C.G.G.J. van (March 1953), Droseraceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(4): 379-380 [secondary reference]

Anonymous in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), Plants collected by Dr H. Basedow on the Mackay Expedition in Arnhem Land, 1928. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 322 [secondary reference]

Specht, R.L. in Specht, R.L. & Mountford, C.P. (ed.) (August 1958), The Gymnospermae and Angiospermae collected on the Arnhem Land Expedition. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land No. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology: 231 [secondary reference]

Erickson, R. (1968), Plants of Prey in Australia: 52-53 [secondary reference]

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 236 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1980), Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1: 98 [secondary reference]

common name: Sundew [n/a]

Conn, B.J. (30 December 1980), A review of Drosera in Papuasia. Brunonia 3(2): 211-213 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 339-340 [secondary reference]

common name: Indian Sundew [n/a] common name: Flycatcher [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 110 [secondary reference]

Marchant, N.G. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Droseraceae. Flora of Central Australia: 90, Fig. 113 [secondary reference]

Marchant, N.G. & George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Drosera. Flora of Australia 8: 15-16, Map 7 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Drosera serpens Planch. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera indica f. robusta F.M.Bailey legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Droseraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 192 [secondary reference]

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 81 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 28 [secondary reference]

Brock, J. (1988), Top End Native Plants: 142, pl. [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Droseraceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 494-495 [secondary reference]

Urban, A. (1990), Wildflowers of Central Australia: 56, pl. [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Droseraceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 238, Fig. 67B [secondary reference]

Latz, P.K. (1995), Bushfires & Bushtucker: 162 [secondary reference]

Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Droseraceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 357, Fig. 73i [secondary reference]

Kenneally, K.F., Edinger, D.C. & Willing, T. (1996), Broome and Beyond. Plants and people of the Dampier Peninsula, Kimberley, Western Australia: 97 [secondary reference]

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 [secondary reference]

Lowrie, A. (1998), Carnivorous Plants of Australia 3: 180 [secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Droseraceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 494-495 [secondary reference]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 227 [secondary reference]

common name: Indian Sundew [n/a]

Conran, J.G. & Marchant, N.G. in Kellermann, J. (ed.) (2011), Flora of South Australia Edn. 5: 6, Fig. 1g, pl. 2f-h [secondary reference]

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

taxonomic synonym: Drosera hexaginia Blanco orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Drosera hexagynia Blanco legitimate

Barrett, R.L. & Lowrie, A. (21 November 2013), Typification and application of names in Drosera sections Arachnopus (Droseraceae). Nuytsia 23: 532 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Erickson, R. (1968), Plants of Prey in Australia: 52-53

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Brock, J. (1988), Top End Native Plants: 142, pl.

Barrett, R.L. & Lowrie, A. (21 November 2013), Typification and application of names in Drosera sections Arachnopus (Droseraceae). Nuytsia 23: 531 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Droseraceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 238, Fig. 67B

Barrett, R.L. & Lowrie, A. (21 November 2013), Typification and application of names in Drosera sections Arachnopus (Droseraceae). Nuytsia 23: 532 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. 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

Barrett, R.L. & Lowrie, A. (21 November 2013), Typification and application of names in Drosera sections Arachnopus (Droseraceae). Nuytsia 23: 531 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Lowrie, A. (1998), Carnivorous Plants of Australia 3: 180

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Marchant, N.G. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Droseraceae. Flora of Central Australia: 90, Fig. 113

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Marchant, N.G. & George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Drosera. Flora of Australia 8: 15-16, Map 7

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Droseraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 192

Barrett, R.L. & Lowrie, A. (21 November 2013), Typification and application of names in Drosera sections Arachnopus (Droseraceae). Nuytsia 23: 532 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Droseraceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 494-495

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Urban, A. (1990), Wildflowers of Central Australia: 56, pl.

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Latz, P.K. (1995), Bushfires & Bushtucker: 162

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Droseraceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 357, Fig. 73i

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. 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

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. 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

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: 1284, Fig. 14.3 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Drosera hexaginia Blanco orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Drosera hexagynia Blanco legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

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 [pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Erickson, R. (1968), Plants of Prey in Australia: 52-53

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. 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 misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Brock, J. (1988), Top End Native Plants: 142, pl.

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Droseraceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 238, Fig. 67B

[pro parte misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. 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 misapplied]

pro parte misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Lowrie, A. (1998), Carnivorous Plants of Australia 3: 180

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Marchant, N.G. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Droseraceae. Flora of Central Australia: 90, Fig. 113

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Droseraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 192

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Urban, A. (1990), Wildflowers of Central Australia: 56, pl.

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Latz, P.K. (1995), Bushfires & Bushtucker: 162

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Droseraceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 357, Fig. 73i

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. 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

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. legitimate by Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Droseraceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 494-495

[misapplied]

misapplied to: Drosera finlaysoniana Wall. ex Arn. 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. & Percy-Bower, J.M. (10 December 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2019. Nuytsia 30: 345 [secondary reference]

• Text: "Excluded taxon. See Lowrie (2013) [Lowrie, A. (2013). Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus 1: 78.]"

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