Biology:Drosera sect. Erythrorhiza

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Short description: Group of carnivorous plants

Drosera sect. Erythrorhiza
DroseraErythrorhiza.jpg
Drosera erythrorhiza
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Droseraceae
Genus: Drosera
Subgenus: Drosera subg. Ergaleium
Section: Drosera sect. Erythrorhiza
(Planch.) Diels
Type species
D. erythrorhiza
Lindl.
Species

Drosera sect. Erythrorhiza is a section of 14 species of tuberous species in the genus Drosera. It represents a natural group of all the rosetted tuberous Drosera. Most species are endemic to Western Australia, but D. aberrans, D. praefolia, D. schmutzii, and D. whittakeri are also found in eastern Australia.[1]

The section was first formally described by Jules Émile Planchon in 1848 as series Erythrorhizae. Ludwig Diels reclassified the genus in his 1906 monograph of the family, recognizing this section, now spelled Erythrorhiza, within subgenus Ergaleium.[2][3]

Image Scientific name Distribution
Drosera aberrans Victorian form.jpg Drosera aberrans (Lowrie & Carlquist) Lowrie & Conran New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria
Drosera browniana Lowrie & N.G.Marchant Western Australia.
Drosera bulbosa 001.JPG Drosera bulbosa Hook. Western Australia
Drosera erythrohiza Subsp squamosa.jpg Drosera erythrorhiza Lindl. Western Australia.
Drosera lowriei N.G.Marchant Western Australia.
Droseramacrophylla.jpg Drosera macrophylla Lindl. Western Australia.
Drosera orbiculata N.G.Marchant & Lowrie Western Australia.
Drosera praefolia Tepper South Australia.
Drosera prostratoscaposa Lowrie & Carlquist Western Australia.
Drosera rosulata Lehm. southwest Western Australia.
Drosera schmutzii Lowrie & Conran New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria.
DroseraTubaestylus.jpg Drosera tubaestylis Western Australia
Scented Sundew (Drosera whittakeri) (14688597818).jpg Drosera whittakeri Planch. South Australia and Victoria
DroseraZonaria3.jpg Drosera zonaria Planch. south-west Western Australia

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5308546 entry