Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 463 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "W. Australia. Between Perth and King George's Sound, Preiss (Herb. Sonder) Harvey; towards the Great Bight, Maxwell."

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]

Diels, F.L.E. & Pritzel, E.G. (6 December 1904), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 35(2-3): 208 [secondary reference]

Diels, F.L.E. in Engler, H.G.A. (1906), Droseraceae. Das Pflanzenreich 26: 123 [secondary reference]

• Lectotype: "zwischen Perth und King George Sound (Harvey ...)"

Erickson, R. (1968), Plants of Prey in Australia: 30 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drosera erythrorhiza Lindl. legitimate

Marchant, N.G. & George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Drosera. Flora of Australia 8: 48 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Drosera erythrorhiza Lindl. legitimate

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

taxonomic synonym of: Drosera erythrorhiza Lindl. legitimate

Marchant, N.G. & Lowrie, A.S. (1992), New names and new combinations in 35 taxa of Western Australian tuberous and pygmy Drosera. Kew Bulletin 47(2): 318 [basionym]

basionym of: Drosera erythrorhiza subsp. squamosa (Benth.) N.G.Marchant & Lowrie legitimate

Chrtek, J. & Slavikova, Z. (2000), Genera and families of the Droserales order. Novitates Botanicae ex Universitate Carolina 13: 45 [basionym]

basionym of: Sondera squamosa (Benth.) Chrtek & Slavikova legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census: - [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Drosera erythrorhiza subsp. squamosa (Benth.) N.G.Marchant & Lowrie legitimate

Lowrie, A. (2014), Appendix. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus 3: 1280 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Drosera erythrorhiza subsp. squamosa (Benth.) N.G.Marchant & Lowrie legitimate nomenclatural synonym: Sondera squamosa (Benth.) Chrtek & Slavikova legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA

• Etymology: "The epithet, squamosa, is derived from the Latin squamosus (covered in scales), in reference to the subulate, bract-like scales present at the base of the peduncle during anthesis, well before the basal rosette of leaves begins to develop."

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 74 [secondary reference]

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (28 March 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2018. Nuytsia 30: 9 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Drosera erythrorhiza subsp. squamosa (Benth.) N.G.Marchant & Lowrie legitimate

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