Biology:Drosera aurantiaca

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Short description: Species of carnivorous plant

Drosera aurantiaca
Flowers of Drosera aurantiaca
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Droseraceae
Genus: Drosera
Subgenus: Drosera subg. Drosera
Section: Drosera sect. Arachnopus
Species:
D. aurantiaca
Binomial name
Drosera aurantiaca
Lowrie

Drosera aurantiaca is a species of sundew endemic to the Northern Territory and the north of Western Australia. It was first described by Allen Lowrie in his 2014 Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus.[2] Like other members of Drosera sect. Arachnopus it is an annual therophyte.[3]

The specific epithet aurantiaca (Latin: 'orange-coloured') refers to the orange flowers of this species.[4]

References

  1. Bourke, G. (2016). "Drosera aurantiaca". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018 (e.T97491500A143987210). doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T97491500A143987210.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/97491500/143987210. Retrieved 19 October 2024. 
  2. "Drosera aurantiaca". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://www.ipni.org/n/77142018-1. 
  3. Fleischmann, Andreas; Cross, Adam; Gibson, Robert; Gonella, Paulo; Dixon, Kingsley (2018). Systematics and taxonomy of Droseraceae. In: Carnivorous Plants: Physiology, ecology and evolution. Oxford University Press. pp. 45–57. ISBN 9780198779841. https://academic.oup.com/book/27905. Retrieved 22 September 2024. 
  4. Lowrie, Allen; Nunn, Richard; Robinson, Alastair; Bourke, Greg; McPherson, Stewart; Fleischmann, Andreas (2017). Drosera of the World Vol. 1. Poole, Dorset, England: Redfern Natural History Productions. ISBN 978-1-908787-16-3. 

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