Drosera macrophylla

Drosera macrophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Droseraceae
Genus: Drosera
Subgenus: Ergaleium
Section: Erythrorhiza
Species: D. macrophylla
Binomial name
Drosera macrophylla
Lindl.
Subspecies
  • D. macrophylla subsp. macrophylla Lindl.
  • D. macrophylla subsp. monantha Lowrie & Carlquist

Drosera macrophylla, the showy sundew,[1] is a perennial tuberous species in the genus Drosera that is endemic to Western Australia. It grows in a rosette with leaves 4 cm (2 in) long and 2 cm (1 in) wide. It is a common species east of Perth. It grows in loam soils. It flowers from June to October. D. macrophylla was first described by John Lindley in his 1839 publication A sketch of the vegetation of the Swan River Colony. In 1992, Allen Lowrie and Sherwin Carlquist described a new subspecies, D. macrophylla subsp. monantha, which is distinguished from D. macrophylla subsp. macrophylla by its single-flowered or rarely biflowered inflorescences. Subspecies monantha is abundant in the Bruce Rock/Merredin region.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Drosera macrophylla". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
  2. Lowrie, A. and S. Carlquist. 1992. Eight new taxa of Drosera from Australia. Phytologia, 73(2): 98-116.

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