Drosera dielsiana

Drosera dielsiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Droseraceae
Genus: Drosera
Subgenus: Drosera
Section: Drosera
Species: D. dielsiana
Binomial name
Drosera dielsiana
Exell & J.R.Laundon

Drosera dielsiana is a compact rosetted sundew native to South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, the Free State, the Northern Provinces), Swaziland, Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe.[1] It was described as a new species by Arthur Wallis Exell and Jack Rodney Laundon in 1956.[2][3] The chromosome number is 2n=40.[4] It was named in honor of Ludwig Diels, the author of the 1906 monograph on the Droseraceae.

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References

  1. "Drosera dielsiana". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
  2. Barthlott, W., S. Porembski, R. Seine, and I. Theisen. 2007. The Curious World of Carnivorous Plants: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Biology and Cultivation. Timber Press: Portland, Oregon, USA. p. 187.
  3. International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 9 June 2009.
  4. Hoshi, Yoshikazu. 2002. Chromosome studies in Drosera (Droseraceae). Proceedings of the 4th International Carnivorous Plant Conference: Tokyo, Japan. pp. 31-38.


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