Australian Drosera in Cultivation
Allen Lowrie's Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus at time of publication Dec. 16, 2013 listed some 241 species. Many of these were new species or reassignment of ranks (subspecies or varieties). A few had been in cultivation before even having been given a species name. For various reasons some have been in cultivation mislabeled or misidentified. Richard Nunn in the Sept 2015 issue of The Carnivorous Plant Newsletter (v44n3) summarizes the changes in Australian Drosera.
Photos of the rediscovered "true" species can be found in Lowrie' Magnum Opus, CPN and BobZ's CP Photofinder.
Allen Lowrie's Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus at time of publication Dec. 16, 2013 listed some 241 species. Many of these were new species or reassignment of ranks (subspecies or varieties). A few had been in cultivation before even having been given a species name. For various reasons some have been in cultivation mislabeled or misidentified. Richard Nunn in the Sept 2015 issue of The Carnivorous Plant Newsletter (v44n3) summarizes the changes in Australian Drosera.
Former Name | New Name | Notes |
Drosera dichrosepala | Drosera verrucata | The real Drosera dichrosepala has been recently rediscovered and is not widely in cultivation. |
Drosera parvula | Drosera minutiflora | Drosera parvula was an invalid name and is now in synonymy. |
Drosera paleacea subsp. paleacea | Drosera micrantha | The real Drosera paleacea has been recently rediscovered and is not widely in cultivation. |
Drosera microphylla “white flowers” | Drosera esperensis | |
Drosera microphylla var. macropetala | Drosera calycina | |
Drosera menziesii subsp. penicellaris | Drosera drummondii |
Photos of the rediscovered "true" species can be found in Lowrie' Magnum Opus, CPN and BobZ's CP Photofinder.