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Drosera L.

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Drosera L., Sp. Pl. 281-282 (1753)
Drosera L.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
281-282
ICN
Drosera L.
genus
Drosera

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Drosera L.

Sepals 5 or 4 or 8, connate at base or gamosepalous; petals and stamens same number as sepals; carpels 3-5. Capsule loculicidally 3-5-valved; style branches 3-5, often again divided; seeds ∞ . Herbs or subshrubs, mostly perennial, furnished with irritable glandular hairs. Subcosmopolitan genus with some 100 spp., well developed in Australia. Five of the N.Z. spp. occur in Australia and Tasmania. extends to Malaya, China and southern Japan. is endemic to N.Z.

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Drosera L.
Drosera L.
Drosera L.
Drosera
Drosera L.

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Drosera L.
Australia
Victoria
Drosera L.
Chile
Drosera L.
United Kingdom

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09313ec8-fcab-4683-8fc8-f1818a0cb8f7
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
27 January 2021
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