Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1824), Droseraceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 1: 319 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "in Indiâ Orientali circa Sembu. (v.s.)"

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 465 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drosera peltata Thunb. legitimate

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1876), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 10(85): 80 [secondary reference]

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

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

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: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drosera peltata Thunb. legitimate

Gibson, R., Conn, B.J. & Bruhl, J.J. (9 March 2012), Morphological evaluation of the Drosera peltata complex (Droseraceae). Australian Systematic Botany 25(1): 68-75, Figs 11, 12, 13 (map) [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here designated): Nepal: 'in India Orientali circa Sembu', Buchanan s.n., 19 July 1802 (BM725951)

nomenclatural synonym: Drosera peltata var. lunata (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) C.B.Clarke legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera muscipula Royle legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera lobbiana Turcz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera peltata var. typica C.B.Clarke nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Drosera lunulata Matsum. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera nipponica Masam. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera insolita Taton legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera peltata var. nipponica (Masam.) Ohwi ex E.Walker legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera peltata var. multisepala Y.Z.Ruan legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera peltata var. glabrata Y.Z.Ruan legitimate

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 APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Drosera muscipula Royle legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera lobbiana Turcz. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera peltata var. typica C.B.Clarke nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Drosera peltata var. lunata (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) C.B.Clarke legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera lunulata Matsum. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera nipponica Masam. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera insolita Taton legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera peltata var. nipponica (Masam.) Ohwi ex E.Walker legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera peltata var. multisepala Y.Z.Ruan legitimate taxonomic synonym: Drosera peltata var. glabrata Y.Z.Ruan legitimate

• APC Dist.: NT, Qld, NSW

• Etymology: "The epithet, lunata, is derived from the Latin lunatus (crescent-shaped), in reference to the curvature of the lamina."

---