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Drosera broomensis

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Species of carnivorous plant

Drosera broomensis
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Droseraceae
Genus: Drosera
Subgenus: Drosera subg. Lasiocephala
Species: D. broomensis
Binomial name
Drosera broomensis
Lowrie

Drosera broomensis is a small, perennial carnivorous plant in the genus Drosera that is endemic to Western Australia.

Description

Its leaves are arranged in a small, leafy rosette, from which one to four inflorescences emerge. It produces white flowers in February and March. D. broomensis grows in sandy soils to the north and northeast of Broome in the Kimberley region.

Taxonomy

It was first described by Allen Lowrie in 1996, though earlier specimens from as early as 1891 had been collected. The specific epithet broomensis refers to the region in which it grows. It is closely related to Drosera petiolaris and differs from other related species by its glabrous inflorescence.

See also

References

  1. "Drosera broomensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 4 August 2016. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  2. Lowrie, A. 1996. New species in Drosera section Lasiocephala (Droseraceae) from tropical northern Australia. Archived 2 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine Nuytsia, 11(1): 55-69.

External links

Media related to Drosera broomensis at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers
Drosera broomensis


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