Drosera aurantiaca

Drosera aurantiaca
Flowers of Drosera aurantiaca
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Droseraceae
Genus:	Drosera
Subgenus:	Drosera subg. Drosera
Section:	Drosera sect. Arachnopus
Species:	D. aurantiaca
Binomial name
Drosera aurantiaca Lowrie

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 . ^[2] Like other members of Drosera sect. Arachnopus it is an annual therophyte. ^[3]

The specific epithet aurantiaca (Latin: 'orange-coloured') refers to the orange flowers of this species. ^[4]

References

1. Bourke, G. (2016). "Drosera aurantiaca". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 (e.T97491500A143987210). doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T97491500A143987210.en . Retrieved 19 October 2024.
2. "Drosera aurantiaca". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens . Retrieved 19 October 2024.
3. 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.
4. Lowrie, Allen; Nunn, Richard; Robinson, Alastair; Bourke, Greg; McPherson, Stewart; Fleischmann, Andreas (2017). Drosera of the World Vol. 1. Poole, Dorset, England: Redfern Natural History Productions. ISBN   978-1-908787-16-3.