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Genus: Drosera (sundews)
Life
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> Family: Droseraceae
Drosera hilaris in Mesic Mountain
Fynbos, Kleinmond Nature Reserve (Western Cape, South Africa). |
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About 80 species (cosmopolitan), with 20 species
native to southern Africa and a further six species that are
cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of Mozambique.
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Drosera acaulis
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Drosera admirabilis
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Drosera affinis
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Drosera alba
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Drosera aliciae
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Drosera burkeana
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Drosera capensis
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Drosera cistiflora
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Drosera collinsiae
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Drosera cuneifolia
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Drosera dielsiana
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Drosera glabripes
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Drosera hilaris
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Drosera indica
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Drosera madagascariensis
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Drosera natalensis
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Drosera pauciflora
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Drosera ramentacea
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Drosera regia
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Drosera slackii
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Drosera trinervia
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
Information from Glen (2002).
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Drosera adelae
Native to Australia. |
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Drosera binata
Native to Australia and New
Zealand. |
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Drosera capillaris
Native from the USA through to
South America. |
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Drosera hamiltonii
Native to Australia. |
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Drosera peltata
Native from India to Australia. |
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Drosera pygmaea
Native to Australia and New
Zealand. |
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Publications
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Nkonki, T. 2003. Droseraceae. In
Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 420-421. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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