Clarke, C.B. in Hooker, J.D. (July 1878), Droseraceae. The Flora of British India 2(5): 423-425 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "ascending to 10,000 ft in the Himalaya, and 8000 in the Niglhiris."

Liu, T.-S. in Li, H.L., Liu, T.-S., Huang, T.-C., Koyama, T. & De Vol, C.E. (ed.) (1976), Flora of Taiwan 2: 649 [secondary reference]

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 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: (here designated): Nepal: 'in India Orientali circa Sembu', Buchanan s.n., 19 July 1802 (BM752951).

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 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Drosera lunata Buch.-Ham. ex DC. legitimate

Lowrie, A. (2014), Appendix. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus 3: 1278 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drosera lunata Buch.-Ham. ex DC. legitimate

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