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Drosera (sundew)

Angiospermae - Caryophyllales - Droseraceae

Taxonomy
Drosera was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.

It was assigned to Droseraceae by Salisbury (1808), Knowlton (1919) and Chauhan (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1753Drosera Linnaeus
1808Drosera Salisbury
1919Drosera Knowlton
1991Drosera Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
RankNameAuthor
—CoreeudicotsThe Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2009
—Superasterids
orderCaryophyllales
familyDroseraceaeSalisbury 1808
genusDrosera

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Drosera Linnaeus 1753 [sundew]
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Drosera peltata Thunberg 1797
Drosera rotundifolia Linnaeus 1753
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Quaternary to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (Victoria) Drosera indet. (172836 172873 172876 172884)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Drosera peltata (228792) Drosera sp. (228848)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Drosera sp. (228761)