3136.000 Drosera L. - Sundews

Description of the genus

Terrestrial herbs. Leaves in a basal rosette or alternate on stems; lamina simple with numerous sticky glands which trap small insects.

Worldwide: c. 110 species, cosmopolita, but especially in the southern hemisphere

DRC: 4 taxa.

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Species	Botanical divisions	Content
affinis Welw. ex Oliv.		Description, Image
flexicaulis Welw. ex Oliv.
madagascariensis DC.		Description, Image
pilosa Exell & J.R.Laundon

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Flora of Angola: Drosera
Flora of Botswana: Drosera
Flora of Burundi: Drosera
Flora of Kenya: Drosera
Flora of Malawi: Drosera
Flora of Mozambique: Drosera
Flora of Rwanda: Drosera
Flora of Tanzania: Drosera
Flora of Uganda: Drosera
Flora of Zambia: Drosera
Flora of Zimbabwe: Drosera

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Drosera
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Drosera
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Drosera
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iNaturalist: Drosera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Drosera
JSTOR Plant Science: Drosera
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Drosera
Plants of the World Online: Drosera
Tropicos: Drosera
Wikipedia: Drosera