Droseraceae Salisb.
Drosera serpens Planch. , legitimate, scientific
Planchon, J.E. (1848), Sur la famille des Droséracées. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique ser. 3, 9: 204 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "in Novae-Hollandiae ora Boreali ad Port-Essington, Armstrong no. 618 in herb Hook. – In eadem regione loco proprio non indicato (A. Cunningh in herb. Hook.). – Nec non in ora orientali ad ostia fluminis Endeavour; Banks et Soland. in herb. Mus. Brit."
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
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 456 BHL [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Drosera indica L. legitimate
Domin, K. (1926), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 700 [taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of: Drosera indica L. legitimate
Marchant, N.G. & George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Drosera. Flora of Australia 8: 15 [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: 535-538, Fig. 6 APC [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: (here designated): Cape Grafton, Endeavour River, Point Lookout, [Queensland], 1770, J. Banks & D. Solander s.n. (lecto: BM 000810138!; isolecto: MEL 96397!).
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld
Lowrie, A. (2014), Appendix. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus 3: 1280 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "The epithet, serpens, is derived from the Latin serpentinus (creeping) in reference to its scrambling form."
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: 1288, Fig. 14.6 [secondary reference]
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]