Allen Lowrie's Carnivorous Plants of Australia: Magnum Opus (2013) lists some 241 species of carnivorous plants at the time of publication. 163 of those are Drosera. Of these 29 are newly named. Some are new species formally described for the first time. Some were renamed as the "true" species were rediscovered. Some are changes in rank (subspecies/varieties to species or vice-versa). Not included are plants which have not been assigned formal names such as the 8 or so petiolaris affinis.
The numbers to the left of the name have no significance except being the order in the Lowrie's alphabetic list for the genus. If there is no associated number then these are the former names which would now be considered synonyms.
006: Drosera aquatica Lowrie. Appendix: 1268
008: Drosera aurantiaca Lowrie. Appendix: 1268
010: Drosera australis (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1274
012: Drosera × badgingarra Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1273
015: Drosera barrettorum Lowrie. Appendix: 1269
016: Drosera basifolia (N.G.Marchant and Lowrie) Lowrie. Appendix: 1274
029: Drosera × carbarup Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1273
032: Drosera coalara Lowrie. Appendix: 1269
033: Drosera collina (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie. Appendix: 1275
034: Drosera coomallo Lowrie. Appendix: 1269
035: Drosera cucullata Lowrie. Appendix: 1270
037: Drosera depauperata Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1270
045: Drosera eremaea (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1275
052: Drosera fragrans Lowrie. Appendix: 1271
054: Drosera geniculata (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie. Appendix 1275
066: Drosera hirsuta Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1271
071: Drosera indumenta Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1272
076: Drosera × legrandii Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1274
084: Drosera magna (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie. Appendix: 1275
096: Drosera monantha (Lowrie & Carlquist). Lowrie. Appendix: 1276
117: Drosera × pingellyensis Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1274
124: Drosera prophylla (Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie. Appendix: 1276
Note that some plants like Drosera × carbarup now have a formal name!
The numbers to the left of the name have no significance except being the order in the Lowrie's alphabetic list for the genus. If there is no associated number then these are the former names which would now be considered synonyms.
006: Drosera aquatica Lowrie. Appendix: 1268
008: Drosera aurantiaca Lowrie. Appendix: 1268
010: Drosera australis (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1274
012: Drosera × badgingarra Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1273
015: Drosera barrettorum Lowrie. Appendix: 1269
016: Drosera basifolia (N.G.Marchant and Lowrie) Lowrie. Appendix: 1274
Drosera menziesii subsp. basifolia N.G.Marchant & Lowrie. Kew Bulletin 47 (2): 316 (1992).
019: Drosera bindoon Lowrie. Appendix: 1269 029: Drosera × carbarup Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1273
032: Drosera coalara Lowrie. Appendix: 1269
033: Drosera collina (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie. Appendix: 1275
034: Drosera coomallo Lowrie. Appendix: 1269
035: Drosera cucullata Lowrie. Appendix: 1270
037: Drosera depauperata Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1270
045: Drosera eremaea (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1275
Drosera macrantha subsp. eremaea N.G.Marchant & Lowrie. Kew Bulletin 47 (2): 318 (1992).
Drosera stricticaulis subsp. eremaea (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Schlauer. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 25 (3): 73 (1996).
Sondera eremaea (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Chrtek & Slavikova. Novitates Botanicae ex Universitate Carolina 13: 43 (2000).
048: Drosera esperensis Lowrie. Appendix: 1270 Drosera stricticaulis subsp. eremaea (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Schlauer. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 25 (3): 73 (1996).
Sondera eremaea (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Chrtek & Slavikova. Novitates Botanicae ex Universitate Carolina 13: 43 (2000).
052: Drosera fragrans Lowrie. Appendix: 1271
054: Drosera geniculata (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie. Appendix 1275
Drosera gigantea subsp. geniculata N.G.Marchant & Lowrie. Kew Bulletin vol. 47 (2): 316 (1992).
Drosera gigantea var. geniculata (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Schlauer. Carnivorous Plants Newsletter vol. 25, p. 73, Sept. (1996).
057: Drosera glabriscapa Lowrie. Appendix: 1271 Drosera gigantea var. geniculata (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Schlauer. Carnivorous Plants Newsletter vol. 25, p. 73, Sept. (1996).
066: Drosera hirsuta Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1271
071: Drosera indumenta Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1272
076: Drosera × legrandii Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1274
084: Drosera magna (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie. Appendix: 1275
Drosera erythrorhiza subsp. magna N.G.Marchant & Lowrie. Kew Bulletin vol. 47 (2): 317 (1992).
Sondera magna (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Chrtek & Slavikova. Novitates Botanicae ex Universitate Carolina 13: 44 (2000).
089: Drosera micra Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1272 Sondera magna (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Chrtek & Slavikova. Novitates Botanicae ex Universitate Carolina 13: 44 (2000).
096: Drosera monantha (Lowrie & Carlquist). Lowrie. Appendix: 1276
Drosera macrophylla subsp. monantha Lowrie & Carlquist. Phytologia 73 (2): 111 (1992).
101: Drosera nana Lowrie. Appendix: 1272 117: Drosera × pingellyensis Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1274
124: Drosera prophylla (Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie. Appendix: 1276
Drosera marchantii subsp. prophylla N.G.Marchant & Lowrie. Kew Bulletin 47 (2): 319 (1992).
Drosera stolonifera subsp. compacta N.G.Marchant.Fl. Australia 8: 384, 43 (1982).
156: Drosera trichocaulis (Diels) (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie. Appendix: 1276 Drosera stolonifera subsp. compacta N.G.Marchant.Fl. Australia 8: 384, 43 (1982).
Drosera paleacea var. trichocaulis Diels. Das Pflanzenreich 26: 67 (1906).
Drosera paleacea subsp. trichocaulis (Diels) N.G.Marchant & Lowrie. Kew Bulletin 47 (2): 327 (1992).
158: Drosera verrucata Lowrie & Conran. Appendix: 1272Drosera paleacea subsp. trichocaulis (Diels) N.G.Marchant & Lowrie. Kew Bulletin 47 (2): 327 (1992).
Note that some plants like Drosera × carbarup now have a formal name!
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