Biology:Drosera amazonica
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Short description: Species of carnivorous plant
| Drosera amazonica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Droseraceae |
| Genus: | Drosera |
| Subgenus: | Drosera subg. Drosera |
| Section: | Drosera sect. Drosera |
| Species: | D. amazonica
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| Binomial name | |
| Drosera amazonica Rivadavia, A.Fleischm. & Vicent.
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Drosera amazonica is a species of sundew native to northern Brazil. It was first described by Fernando Rivadavia, Andreas Fleischmann and Alberto Vicentini in 2009.[1]
Description
D. amazonica forms a small rosette of semi-erect leaves at the end of a short, unbranched stem up to 10–14 cm (3.9–5.5 in) long.[2][3] The leaves have a distinct petiole, 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.04–0.12 in) wide, flat and tapering toward the lamina, which is spoon-shaped to egg-shaped, 2.5–5 mm (0.10–0.20 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.04–0.12 in) wide.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Drosera amazonica". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://www.ipni.org/n/77101486-1.
- ↑ Rivadavia, Fernando; Fleischmann, Andreas; Vicentini, Alberto. "A new species of sundew (Drosera, Droseraceae) with water-dispersed seed, from the floodplains of the northern Amazon basin, Brazil". Ecotropica 15: 13–21. http://www.soctropecol.eu/PDF/Ecotropica_2009/Rivadavia_et_al_ECOTROPICA_15_2009_small.pdf. Retrieved 2025-08-02.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Robinson, Alastair; Gibson, Robert; Gonella, Paulo; McPherson, Stewart; Nunn, Richard; Fleischmann, Andreas (2017). Drosera of the World Vol. 3. Poole, Dorset: Redfern Natural History Productions. pp. 1076–1081. ISBN 9781908787187.
Wikidata ☰ Q1260388 entry
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