Drosera aurantiaca explained

Drosera aurantiaca is a species of sundew endemic to the Northern Territory and the north of Western Australia. It was first described by Allen Lowrie in his 2014 Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus. Like other members of Drosera sect. Arachnopus it is an annual therophyte.[1]

The specific epithet aurantiaca (Latin: 'orange-coloured') refers to the orange flowers of this species.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Fleischmann . Andreas . Cross . Adam . Gibson . Robert . Gonella . Paulo . Dixon . Kingsley . Systematics and taxonomy of Droseraceae. In: Carnivorous Plants: Physiology, ecology and evolution . 2018 . Oxford University Press . 9780198779841 . 45–57 . 22 September 2024.
  2. Book: Lowrie . Allen . Nunn . Richard . Robinson . Alastair . Bourke . Greg . McPherson . Stewart . Fleischmann . Andreas . Drosera of the World Vol. 1 . 2017 . Redfern Natural History Productions . Poole, Dorset, England . 978-1-908787-16-3.

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