Drosera Brevicornis
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''Drosera brevicornis'' is a small,
perennial A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wide ...
carnivorous plant Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans Protozoa (singular: protozoan or protozoon; alternative plural: protozoans) are a group of single-celled eukaryot ...
in the genus ''
Drosera ''Drosera'', which is commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genus, genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species. 2 volumes. These members of the family Droseraceae lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucil ...
'' that is native to the
Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...
and
Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
. It grows on gravel slopes and produces white to pink flowers in March and April. It was first described by
Allen Lowrie Allen Lowrie (10 October 1948 - 30 August 2021) was a Western Australian botanist. He was recognised for his expertise on the genera ''Drosera'' and '' Stylidium''.Council of Heads of Australasian HerbariaResources of Australian Herbaria: Western ...
in 1996, though earlier specimens from as early as 1961 had been collected. The specific epithet ''brevicornis'' means "short horned" and refers to the horn-like projection above the
anther The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filam ...
s. It is closely related to '' Drosera fulva''.Lowrie, A. 1996
New species in ''Drosera'' section ''Lasiocephala'' (Droseraceae) from tropical northern Australia.
''
Nuytsia ''Nuytsia floribunda'' is a hemiparasitic tree found in Western Australia. The species is known locally as moodjar and, more recently, the Christmas tree or Western Australian Christmas tree. The display of intensely bright flowers during the ...
'', 11(1): 55-69.


See also

* List of ''Drosera'' species * Taxonomy of ''Drosera''


References


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* Caryophyllales of Australia Carnivorous plants of Australia Eudicots of Western Australia Flora of the Northern Territory Plants described in 1996 brevicornis {{WesternAustralia-plant-stub