The genus '' Drosera'' was divided in 1994 by Seine & Barthlott into three

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on the basis of morphological characteristics. Discovery and description of new species has been occurring since the 10th century, and as recently as the 1940s barely more than 80 species were known. In recent years, Australian

Allen Lowrie Allen Lowrie (10 October 1948 - 30 August 2021) was a Western Australian Botany, botanist. He was recognised for his expertise on the genera ''Drosera'' and ''Stylidium''.Council of Heads of Australasian HerbariaResources of Australian Herbaria: W ...

has done extensive work in the genus, particularly in describing numerous new species from

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. His classification of the genus was replaced by Jan Schlauer's work in 1996, although the correct classification is still disputed.

''Drosera'' subg. ''Arcturia''

*'' Drosera arcturi'' *'' Drosera murfetii'' *'' Drosera stenopetala''

''Drosera'' subg. ''Bryastrum''

''D.'' sect. ''Bryastrum''

*'' Drosera pygmaea''

''Drosera'' sect. ''Lamprolepis''

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Drosera allantostigma ''Drosera allantostigma'' is a species of pygmy sundew from Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numer ...

'' *'' Drosera androsacea'' *'' Drosera barbigera'' *'' Drosera callistos'' *'' Drosera citrina'' *'' Drosera closterostigma'' *'' Drosera dichrosepala'' *'' Drosera echinoblastus'' *'' Drosera eneabba'' *'' Drosera enodes'' *'' Drosera gibsonii'' *'' Drosera grievei'' *'' Drosera helodes'' *'' Drosera hyperostigma'' *'' Drosera lasiantha'' *'' Drosera leucoblasta'' *'' Drosera leucostigma'' *'' Drosera mannii'' *'' Drosera microscapa'' *'' Drosera miniata'' *'' Drosera nitidula'' *'' Drosera nivea'' *'' Drosera occidentalis'' *''

Drosera omissa ''Drosera omissa'' is a species of pygmy sundew from 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 ...

'' *'' Drosera oreopodion'' *'' Drosera paleacea'' *'' Drosera parvula'' *'' Drosera patens'' *'' Drosera pedicellaris'' *'' Drosera platystigma'' *'' Drosera pulchella'' *'' Drosera pycnoblasta'' *'' Drosera rechingeri'' *'' Drosera roseana'' *'' Drosera sargentii'' *'' Drosera scorpioides'' *'' Drosera sewelliae'' *'' Drosera silvicola'' *'' Drosera spilos'' *'' Drosera stelliflora'' *'' Drosera walyunga''

''Drosera'' subg. ''Coelophylla''

*'' Drosera glanduligera''

''Drosera'' subg. ''Drosera''

''Drosera'' sect. ''Arachnopus''

*'' Drosera hartmeyerorum'' *'' Drosera serpens'' *'' Drosera fragrans'' *'' Drosera aurantiaca'' *'' Drosera aquatica'' *'' Drosera barrettorum'' *'' Drosera nana'' *'' Drosera glabriscapa'' *'' Drosera margaritacea'' *'' Drosera indica'' *'' Drosera finlaysoniana''

''Drosera'' sect. ''Drosera''

*'' Drosera acaulis'' *'' Drosera admirabilis'' *'' Drosera affinis'' *'' Drosera afra'' *''

Drosera alba ''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 ...

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Drosera aliciae ''Drosera aliciae'', the Alice sundew, is a carnivorous plant in the family Droseraceae. It is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa, like '' Drosera capensis'', the cape sundew, and is one of the most common sundews in cultivation. The ...

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Drosera amazonica ''Drosera'', which is commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species. 2 volumes. These members of the family Droseraceae lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous ...

'' *'' Drosera anglica'' *'' Drosera arenicola'' *'' Drosera ascendens'' *'' Drosera bequaertii'' *'' Drosera biflora'' *''

Drosera brevifolia ''Drosera brevifolia'' (the dwarf, small or red sundew), is a carnivorous plant of the family Droseraceae and is the smallest sundew species native to the United States. This species differs considerably from the pink sundew, ''Drosera capillaris ...

'' *'' Drosera burkeana'' *'' Drosera camporupestris'' *'' Drosera capensis'' *''

Drosera capillaris ''Drosera capillaris'', the pink or spathulate-leaved sundew (not to be confused with ''Drosera spatulata''), is a small carnivorous plant of the family Droseraceae in the genus ''Sundew, Drosera''. They are frequently found in wet pine flatwood ...

'' *'' Drosera cayennensis'' *'' Drosera cendeensis'' *'' Drosera chrysolepis'' *'' Drosera cistiflora'' *'' Drosera collinsiae'' *'' Drosera communis'' *'' Drosera cuneifolia'' *'' Drosera dielsiana'' *'' Drosera elongata'' *'' Drosera ericgreenii'' *'' Drosera esmeraldae'' *'' Drosera esterhuyseniae'' *'' Drosera felix'' *''

Drosera filiformis ''Drosera filiformis'', commonly known as the thread-leaved sundew, is a small, insectivorous, rosette-forming species of perennial herb. A species of sundew, it is unusual within its genus in that the long, erect, filiform (thread-like) leave ...

'' *'' Drosera glabripes'' *'' Drosera graminifolia'' *'' Drosera grantsaui'' *'' Drosera graomogolensis'' *'' Drosera hilaris'' *'' Drosera hirtella'' *'' Drosera hirticalyx'' *'' Drosera humbertii'' *''

Drosera intermedia ''Drosera intermedia'', commonly known as the oblong-leaved sundew, spoonleaf sundew, or spatulate leaved sundew, is an insectivorous plant species belonging to the sundew genus. It is a temperate or tropical species native to Europe, southeaste ...

'' *'' Drosera kaieteurensis'' *'' Drosera katangensis'' *''

Drosera linearis ''Drosera linearis'', commonly called the slenderleaf sundew, is a sundew found in the Great Lakes region (North America), Great Lakes region of North America, in Canada and the United States, such as Michigan, and in Montana. It is usually no mo ...

'' *'' Drosera longiscapa'' *'' Drosera madagascariensis'' *'' Drosera montana'' *'' Drosera natalensis'' *'' Drosera neocaledonica'' *'' Drosera nidiformis'' *'' Drosera oblanceolata'' *'' Drosera pauciflora'' *'' Drosera peruensis'' *'' Drosera pilosa'' *'' Drosera quartzicola'' *''

Drosera ramentacea ''Drosera'', which is commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species. 2 volumes. These members of the family Droseraceae lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous ...

'' *'' Drosera roraimae'' *''

Drosera rotundifolia ''Drosera rotundifolia'', the round-leaved sundew, roundleaf sundew, or common sundew, is a carnivorous species of flowering plant that grows in bogs, marshes and fens. One of the most widespread sundew species, it has a circumboreal distribu ...

'' *'' Drosera rubrifolia'' *'' Drosera schwackei'' *'' Drosera slackii'' *'' Drosera solaris'' *'' Drosera spatulata'' *'' Drosera spiralis'' *'' Drosera tentaculata'' *'' Drosera tokaiensis'' *'' Drosera tomentosa'' *'' Drosera trinervia'' *'' Drosera uniflora'' *'' Drosera venusta'' *'' Drosera villosa'' *'' Drosera viridis'' *'' Drosera yutajensis'' *'' Drosera zeyheri''

''Drosera'' sect. ''Prolifera''

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Drosera adelae ''Drosera adelae'', commonly known as the lance-leaved sundew, is a carnivorous plant in the genus ''Drosera'' that is endemism, endemic to Queensland, Australia. Description ''Drosera adelae'' is a tropical perennial plant that produ ...

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Drosera prolifera ''Drosera prolifera'' is a species of '' Drosera'' found in Queensland, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania ...

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Drosera schizandra ''Drosera schizandra'' is a species of '' Drosera'' found in Queensland, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmani ...

'' *'' Drosera buubugujin''

''Drosera'' subg. ''Ergaleium''

''Drosera'' sect. ''Ergaleium''

*'' Drosera andersoniana'' *'' Drosera bicolor'' *'' Drosera bulbigena'' *'' Drosera erythrogyne'' *'' Drosera gigantea'' *'' Drosera graniticola'' *''

Drosera heterophylla ''Drosera heterophylla'', the swamp rainbow, is an erect perennial tuberous species in the carnivorous plant genus '' Drosera'' that is endemic to Western Australia. It grows in shallow water swamps or wet clay flats near granite outcrops and o ...

'' *'' Drosera huegelii'' *'' Drosera intricata'' *'' Drosera macrantha'' *'' Drosera marchantii'' *'' Drosera menziesii'' *''

Drosera microphylla ''Drosera microphylla'', the golden rainbow, is an erect perennial tuberous species in the carnivorous plant genus '' Drosera''. It is endemic to Western Australia and grows on granite outcrops or in sandy or laterite soils. ''D. microphyl ...

'' *'' Drosera modesta'' *'' Drosera moorei'' *'' Drosera myriantha'' *'' Drosera neesii'' *'' Drosera pallida'' *''

Drosera peltata ''Drosera peltata'', commonly called the shield sundewSalmon, Bruce. 2001. ''Carnivorous Plants of New Zealand''. Ecosphere Publications. or pale sundew,Erickson, Rica. 1968. ''Plants of Prey in Australia''. Lamb Paterson Pty. Ltd.: Osborne Park, ...

'' *'' Drosera radicans'' *'' Drosera salina'' *'' Drosera stricticaulis'' *'' Drosera subhirtella'' *'' Drosera subtilis'' *'' Drosera sulphurea'' *'' Drosera zigzagia''

''Drosera'' sect. ''Erythrorhiza''

*'' Drosera aberrans'' *'' Drosera browniana'' *'' Drosera bulbosa'' *'' Drosera erythrorhiza'' *'' Drosera lowriei'' *'' Drosera macrophylla'' *'' Drosera orbiculata'' *'' Drosera praefolia'' *'' Drosera prostratoscaposa'' *'' Drosera rosulata'' *'' Drosera schmutzii'' *'' Drosera tubaestylis'' *'' Drosera whittakeri'' *'' Drosera zonaria''

''Drosera'' sect. ''Stolonifera''

*'' Drosera fimbriata'' *'' Drosera humilis'' *'' Drosera monticola'' *'' Drosera platypoda'' *'' Drosera porrecta'' *'' Drosera prostrata'' *'' Drosera purpurascens'' *'' Drosera ramellosa'' *'' Drosera rupicola'' *'' Drosera stolonifera''

''Drosera'' subg. ''Lasiocephala''

*'' Drosera banksii'' *'' Drosera brevicornis'' *'' Drosera broomensis'' *'' Drosera caduca'' *'' Drosera darwinensis'' *'' Drosera derbyensis'' *'' Drosera dilatato-petiolaris'' *'' Drosera falconeri'' *'' Drosera fulva'' *'' Drosera kenneallyi'' *'' Drosera lanata'' *'' Drosera ordensis'' *'' Drosera paradoxa'' *'' Drosera petiolaris'' *'' Drosera subtilis''

''Drosera'' subg. ''Meristocaulis''

*'' Drosera meristocaulis''

''Drosera'' subg. ''Phycopsis''

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Drosera binata ''Drosera binata'', commonly known as the forked sundew or fork-leaved sundew,Salmon, B. 2001. ''Carnivorous Plants of New Zealand''. Ecosphere Publications. is a large, perennial sundew native to Australia and New Zealand. The specific epithe ...

''Drosera'' subg. ''Regiae''

*'' Drosera regia''

''Drosera'' subg. ''Stelogyne''

*'' Drosera hamiltonii''

''Drosera'' subg. ''Thelocalyx''

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Drosera burmannii ''Drosera burmanni'', the tropical sundew,Erickson, Rica. 1968. ''Plants of Prey in Australia''. Lamb Paterson Pty. Ltd.: Osborne Park, Western Australia. is a small, compact species in the carnivorous plant genus '' Drosera''. Its natural geogra ...

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Drosera sessilifolia ''Drosera sessilifolia'' is a species in the carnivorous plant genus '' Drosera'' that is native to Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela and grows in sandy or gravelly soils in seasonal seepages where a thin film of water collects. It produces a rosett ...

''Incertae sedis''

*'' Drosera magnifica''

References

* Barthlott, Wilhelm; Porembski, Stefan; Seine, Rüdiger; Theisen, Inge: ''Karnivoren''. Stuttgart, 2004, * Lowrie, Allen: ''

Carnivorous Plants of Australia ''Carnivorous Plants of Australia'' is a three-volume work on carnivorous plants by Allen Lowrie. The three tomes were published in 1987, 1989, and 1998, by University of Western Australia Press. An entirely updated three-volume work by Lowrie w ...

'', Vol. 1–3, Nedlands, Western Australia, 1987–1998 * Schlauer, Jan: ''A dichotomous key to the genus ''Drosera'' L. (Droseraceae)'', Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, Vol. 25 (1996) {{Taxonomy of... Drosera species

Drosera ''Drosera'', which is commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species. 2 volumes. These members of the family Droseraceae lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginou ...