Droseraceae Salisb.
Drosera L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 218 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 136 [secondary reference]
Willdenow, C.L. (July 1798), Species Plantarum Edn. 4, 1(2): 1546 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (February 1862), Thalamiflorae. The Plants Indigenous to the Colony of Victoria 1: 54-55 [secondary reference]
common name: Sundew [n/a]
Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2: 453 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Sondera Lehm. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 7 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (10 March 1884), Systematic Census of Australian Plants Suppl. 1: 4 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Sondera Lehm. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 13 BHL [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): 204-205 BHL [secondary reference]
Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 40 [secondary reference]
common name: Flycatchers [n/a] common name: Sundews [n/a]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 174 [secondary reference]
common name: Sundews [n/a]
Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. (7 June 1913), An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British possessions Edn. 2, 2: 203 [secondary reference]
  • Type: Drosera rotundifolia L.
Sulman, F. (1914), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales II: 58 [secondary reference]
common name: Sundews [n/a]
Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 257-258 [secondary reference]
common name: Sundew [n/a]
  • Etymology: Name formed by Linnaeus, from Greek droseros, dewy: alluding to the glandular hairs.
Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 389 [secondary reference]
common name: Sundew [n/a]
Steenis, C.G.G.J. van (March 1953), Droseraceae. Flora Malesiana Series I 4(4): 377-380 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. (1956), The Student's Flora of Tasmania 1: 183 [secondary reference]
common name: Sundew [n/a]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 148 [secondary reference]
common name: Sundews [n/a]
Jones, K. (1964), Pollen structure and development in Drosera. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 59(376): 81-87 [secondary reference]
Erickson, R. (1968), Plants of Prey in Australia: 13-53 [secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 190 [secondary reference]
Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1975), Angiospermae: Ranunculaceae to Myrtaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania Edn. 2, 1: 186-187 [secondary reference]
common name: Sundew [n/a]
Costin, A.B., Gray, M., Totterdell, C.J. & Wimbush, D.J. (1979), Kosciusko Alpine Flora Edn. 1: 180 [secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 374, 375, 376 [secondary reference]
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 [secondary reference]
Marchant, N.G. & George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Drosera. Flora of Australia 8: 9-10 APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Dismophyla Raf. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Sondera Lehm. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Droseraceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 191-193 [secondary reference]
common name: Sundews [n/a]
Kondo, K. & Laverack, P.S. (June 1984), A cytotaxonomic study of some Australian species of Drosera L. (Droseraceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 88(4): 317-333 [secondary reference]
Marchant, N.G. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Droseraceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 147-148 [secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Droseraceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 494 [secondary reference]
common name: Sundews [n/a]
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): 315 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Droseraceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 237 [secondary reference]
Conn, B.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Droseraceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 356-357 [secondary reference]
Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Droseraceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 494 [secondary reference]
common name: Sundews [n/a]
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 226-31 [secondary reference]
common name: Rainbows [n/a] common name: Sundews [n/a]
Kubitzki, K. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2002), Droseraceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5: 201 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 580 [secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 153 [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 289 [secondary reference]