Drosera Banksii
''Drosera banksii'', commonly known as Banks' sundew, is a small annual species in the carnivorous plant genus ''Drosera''. The reniform-shaped leaves are attached to petioles and arranged in a circular pattern ( rosette) around the stem. The 5 mm wide flowers are white.Lowrie, A. 1991A field trip to Darwin.'' Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'', 20(4): 114-123. It is native to northern Australia (Queensland, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia) and Southeast Asia (Papua New Guinea and Western New Guinea). ''D. banksii'' was originally described by Robert Brown and validly published by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1824.Schlauer, J. 2010World Carnivorous Plant List - Nomenclatural Synopsis of Carnivorous Phanerogamous Plants. Retrieved 28 January 2010. It is currently classified in the subgenus In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus. In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be ...
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Robert Brown (botanist, Born 1773)
Robert Brown (21 December 1773 – 10 June 1858) was a Scottish botanist and paleobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope. His contributions include one of the earliest detailed descriptions of the cell nucleus and cytoplasmic streaming; the observation of Brownian motion; early work on plant pollination and fertilisation, including being the first to recognise the fundamental difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms; and some of the earliest studies in palynology. He also made numerous contributions to plant taxonomy, notably erecting a number of plant families that are still accepted today; and numerous Australian plant genera and species, the fruit of his exploration of that continent with Matthew Flinders. Early life Robert Brown was born in Montrose on 21 December 1773, in a house that existed on the site where Montrose Library currently stands. He was the son of James Brown, a minister in the ...
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