Drosera L.
(sundews)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Drosera anglica
Great Sundew
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 		Species 2 images
Drosera intermedia
Oblong-leaved Sundew
Plant (Click to open)
 		Species 16 images 1 ident. refs
Drosera rotundifolia
Round-leaved Sundew
Plant (Click to open)
 		Species 14 images 1 ident. refs
Drosera rotundifolia x anglica = D. x obovata
hybrid sundew
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 		Species hybrid 2 images
Drosera rotundifolia x intermedia = D. x belezeana
Godlingston sundew
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 		Species hybrid 13 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusDrosera (sundews)
FamilyDROSERACEAE (sundews)
OrderCARYOPHYLLALES (pinks, goosefoots and docks)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Culham, A. Drosera Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012
() Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest
Marren, P. 2002 The deadly world of Britain’s carnivorous plants British Wildlife Vol 13, No 5: 327-334.

Drosera (sundews) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Drosera (sundews)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Drosera (sundews)
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