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Family: Droseraceae (sundew and Venus' fly trap family)
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Four genera and about 100 species
(cosmopolitan), with two genera and 21 species native to southern
Africa and a further genus and seven species that are cultivated in
the region. Insectivorous.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Aldrovanda
One species:
Aldrovanda vesiculosa
(widespread through Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa,
including southern Africa). |
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Drosera
(sundews)
About 80 species (cosmopolitan), with 20 species
native to southern Africa and a further six species that are
cultivated in the region. |
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Other genera, cultivated in southern Africa
Information from Glen (2002). Drosophyllum
lusitanicum has been moved to its own family, following the
Angiosperm Phylogeny Website.
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Dionaea (Venus' fly-trap)
One species: Dionaea muscipula
(Venus' fly-trap), native to SE USA. |
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