Biology:Drosera margaritacea

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Short description: Species of carnivorous plant

Drosera margaritacea
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. margaritacea
Binomial name
Drosera margaritacea
T.Krueger & A.Fleischm.

Drosera margaritacea is a species of sundew endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It was first described by Thilo Krueger and Andreas Fleischmann in 2021.[1] Like other members of Drosera sect. Arachnopus it is an annual therophyte.[2]

The specific epithet margaritacea is from the Latin margaritaceus meaning 'pearly / pearl-bearing'. This refers to the unique milky-white stalked mucilage glands found on the short petiole of this species, and also to a rounded swelling at the tip of the anther connective.[3]


References

Wikidata ☰ Q130590133 entry