| Drosera margaritacea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Droseraceae |
| Genus: | Drosera |
| Subgenus: | Drosera subg. Drosera |
| Section: | Drosera sect. Arachnopus |
| Species: | D. margaritacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Drosera margaritacea T.Krueger & A.Fleischm. | |
Drosera margaritacea is a species of sundew endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It was first described by Thilo Krueger and Andreas Fleischmann in 2021. Like other members of Drosera sect. Arachnopus it is an annual therophyte.
The specific epithet margaritacea is from the Latin margaritaceus meaning 'pearly / pearl-bearing'. This refers to the unique milky-white stalked mucilage glands found on the short petiole of this species, and also to a rounded swelling at the tip of the anther connective.
References
- "Drosera margaritacea". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- Fleischmann, Andreas; Cross, Adam; Gibson, Robert; Gonella, Paulo; Dixon, Kingsley (2018). Systematics and taxonomy of Droseraceae. In: Carnivorous Plants: Physiology, ecology and evolution. Oxford University Press. pp. 45–57. ISBN 9780198779841. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- Krueger, Thilo; Fleischmann, Andreas (2021). "A new species of Drosera section Arachnopus (Droseraceae) from the western Kimberley, Australia, and amendments to the range and circumscription of Drosera finlaysoniana". Phytotaxa. 501 (1): 56–84. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.501.1.2. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
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