DROSERA

Drosera, commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species. These members of the family Droseraceae lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surfaces. The insects are used to supplement the poor mineral nutrition of the soil in which the plants grow. Various species, which vary greatly in size and form, are native to every continent except Antarctica.

List of Drosera species

Please find below the list of Drosera species with the year of the first official publication under the current name as well as distribution.

Click on the name of the plant for more details.

NAME	Year of the species’s formal publication under the current name	DISTRIBUTION
Drosera aberrans	2008	Australia
Drosera acaulis	1781	South Africa
Drosera adelae	1864	Australia
Drosera admirabilis	1987	South Africa
Drosera affinis	1871	African tropics
Drosera afra	2002	South Africa
Drosera alba	1913	South Africa
Drosera aliciae	1905	South Africa
Drosera allantostigma	2007	Australia
Drosera amazonica	2009	Brazil
Drosera andersoniana	1909	Australia
Drosera androsacea	1904	Australia
Drosera anglica	1778	circumboreal North America, Europe, and Asia
Drosera arcturi	1834	Australia and New Zealand
Drosera arenicola	1952	Venezuela
Drosera ascendens	1824	Brazil
Drosera banksii	1824	Australia and New Guinea
Drosera barbigera	1848	Australia
Drosera bequaertii	1945	Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Drosera bicolor	1992	Australia
Drosera biflora	1820	Venezuela
Drosera binata	1804	Australia and New Zealand
Drosera brevicornis	1996	Australia
Drosera brevifolia	1814	North America, Central America, and South America
Drosera broomensis	1996	Australia
Drosera browniana	1992	Australia
Drosera bulbigena	1903	Australia
Drosera bulbosa	1841	Australia
Drosera burkeana	1848	African tropics
Drosera burmannii	1794	Australia and Southeast Asia
Drosera buubugujin	2020	Australia
Drosera caduca	1996	Australia
Drosera callistos	1992	Australia
Drosera camporupestris	2003	Brazil
Drosera capensis	1753	South Africa
Drosera capillaris	1804	North America, Central America, and South America
Drosera cayennensis	1906	Brazil, French Guiana, and Venezuela
Drosera cendeensis	1949	Venezuela
Drosera chrysolepis	1893	Brazil and Peru
Drosera cistiflora	1760	South Africa
Drosera citrina	1992	Australia
Drosera closterostigma	1992	Australia
Drosera collinsiae	1924	South Africa
Drosera communis	1824	Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, and Venezuela
Drosera condor	2016	Peru and Ecuador
Drosera cuneifolia	1781	South Africa
Drosera darwinensis	1996	Australia
Drosera derbyensis	1996	Australia
Drosera dichrosepala	1854	Australia
Drosera dielsiana	1956	Southern Africa
Drosera dilatato–petiolaris	1984	Australia
Drosera echinoblastus	1992	Australia
Drosera elongata	1955	Angola
Drosera eneabba	1992	Australia
Drosera enodes	1992	Australia
Drosera ericgreenii	2008	South Africa
Drosera erythrogyne	1992	Australia
Drosera erythrorhiza	1839	Australia
Drosera esmeraldae	1957	Colombia, Venezuela
Drosera esterhuyseniae	1991	South Africa
Drosera falconeri	1984	Australia
Drosera felix	1974	Venezuela
Drosera filiformis	1808	North America
Drosera fimbriata	1975	Australia
Drosera finlaysoniana	1837	Australia
Drosera fulva	1848	Australia
Drosera gigantea	1839	Australia
Drosera glabripes	1886	South Africa
Drosera glanduligera	1844	Australia
Drosera graminifolia	1824	Brazil
Drosera graniticola	1982	Australia
Drosera grantsaui	2003	Brazil
Drosera graomogolensis	1997	Brazil
Drosera grievei	1992	Australia
Drosera hamiltonii	1903	Australia
Drosera hartmeyerorum	2001	Australia
Drosera helodes	1992	Australia
Drosera heterophylla	1839	Australia
Drosera hilaris	1826	South Africa
Drosera hirtella	1824	Brazil
Drosera hirticalyx	1995	Venezuela
Drosera hookeri	2010	Australia
Drosera huegelii	1837	Australia
Drosera humbertii	1956	Madagascar
Drosera humilis	1848	Australia
Drosera hyperostigma	1992	Australia
Drosera indica	1753	Tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia
Drosera intermedia	1800	temperate Europe, North America, South America
Drosera intricata	1848	Australia
Drosera kaieteurensis	1955	Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela
Drosera katangensis	1945	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Drosera kenneallyi	1996	Australia
Drosera lanata	1984	Australia
Drosera lasiantha	1992	Australia
Drosera leucoblasta	1864	Australia
Drosera leucostigma	2007	Australia
Drosera linearis	1822	North America
Drosera longiscapa	2002	South Africa
Drosera lowriei	1992	Australia
Drosera macrantha	1837	Australia
Drosera macrophylla	1839	Australia
Drosera madagascariensis	1824	Africa
Drosera magnifica	2015	Brazil
Drosera mannii	1990	Australia
Drosera marchantii	1975	Australia
Drosera menziesii	1824	Australia
Drosera meristocaulis	1957	Venezuela
Drosera microphylla	1837	Australia
Drosera microscapa	1992	Australia
Drosera miniata	1904	Australia
Drosera modesta	1904	Australia
Drosera montana	1824	Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela
Drosera monticola	1992	Australia
Drosera moorei	1999	Australia
Drosera murfetii	2014	Australia
Drosera myriantha	1848	Australia
Drosera natalensis	1906	Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa
Drosera neesii	1844	Australia
Drosera neocaledonica	1906	New Caledonia
Drosera nidiformis	1991	South Africa
Drosera nitidula	1848	Australia
Drosera nivea	1992	Australia
Drosera oblanceolata	1981	China
Drosera occidentalis	1912	Australia
Drosera omissa	1906	Australia
Drosera orbiculata	1992	Australia
Drosera ordensis	1994	Australia
Drosera oreopodion	1992	Australia
Drosera paleacea	1824	Australia
Drosera pallida	1839	Australia
Drosera paradoxa	1997	Australia
Drosera parvula	1848	Australia
Drosera patens	2007	Australia
Drosera pauciflora	1824	South Africa
Drosera pedicellaris	2002	Australia
Drosera peltata	1797	Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia
Drosera peruensis	2002	Peru
Drosera petiolaris	1824	Australia, New Guinea
Drosera pilosa	1956	Cameroon, Guinea, Kenya, Tanzania
Drosera platypoda	1854	Australia
Drosera platystigma	1844	Australia
Drosera porrecta	1844	Australia
Drosera praefolia	1892	Australia
Drosera prolifera	1940	Australia
Drosera prostrata	2005	Australia
Drosera prostratoscaposa	1990	Australia
Drosera pulchella	1844	Australia
Drosera purpurascens	1856	Australia
Drosera pycnoblasta	1904	Australia
Drosera pygmaea	1824	Australia, New Zealand
Drosera quartzicola	2011	Brazil
Drosera radicans	1982	Australia
Drosera ramellosa	1844	Australia
Drosera ramentacea	1824	South Africa
Drosera rechingeri	1987	Australia
Drosera regia	1926	South Africa
Drosera roraimae	1957	Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
Drosera roseana	1992	Australia
Drosera rosulata	1844	Australia
Drosera rotundifolia	1753	circumboreal North America, Europe, Asia
Drosera rubrifolia	2002	South Africa
Drosera rupicola	2005	Australia
Drosera salina	1992	Australia
Drosera sargentii	1992	Australia
Drosera schizandra	1906	Australia
Drosera schmutzii	2008	Australia
Drosera schwackei	2008	Brazil
Drosera scorpioides	1848	Australia
Drosera sessilifolia	1824	Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela
Drosera sewelliae	1904	Australia
Drosera silvicola	1992	Australia
Drosera slackii	1987	South Africa
Drosera solaris	2007	Guyana
Drosera spatulata	1804	Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia
Drosera spilos	1992	Australia
Drosera spiralis	1826	Brazil
Drosera stelliflora	1992	Australia
Drosera stenopetala	1853	New Zealand
Drosera stolonifera	1837	Australia
Drosera stricticaulis	1913	Australia
Drosera subhirtella	1848	Australia
Drosera subtilis	1982	Australia
Drosera sulphurea	1844	Australia
Drosera tentaculata	2003	Brazil
Drosera tokaiensis	1991	Japan
Drosera tomentosa	1824	Brazil
Drosera trinervia	1820	South Africa
Drosera tubaestylis	1992	Australia
Drosera ultramafica	2011	Malesia
Drosera uniflora	1809	Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands
Drosera venusta	1987	South Africa
Drosera villosa	1824	Brazil
Drosera viridis	2003	Brazil
Drosera walyunga	1992	Australia
Drosera whittakeri	1848	Australia
Drosera yutajensis	1995	Venezuela
Drosera zeyheri	1940	South Africa
Drosera zigzagia	1999	Australia
Drosera zonaria	1848	Australia