Drosera margaritacea

Drosera margaritacea
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. margaritacea
Binomial name
	Drosera margaritacea; T.Krueger & A.Fleischm.

Last updated July 27, 2025

Drosera margaritacea is a species of sundew endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It was first described by Thilo Krueger and Andreas Fleischmann in 2021.^[1] Like other members of Drosera sect. Arachnopus it is an annual therophyte.^[2]

The specific epithet margaritacea is from the Latin margaritaceus meaning 'pearly / pearl-bearing'. This refers to the unique milky-white stalked mucilage glands found on the short petiole of this species, and also to a rounded swelling at the tip of the anther connective.^[3]

References

↑ "Drosera margaritacea". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
↑ 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.
↑ Krueger, Thilo; Fleischmann, Andreas (2021). "A new species of Drosera section Arachnopus (Droseraceae) from the western Kimberley, Australia, and amendments to the range and circumscription of Drosera finlaysoniana". Phytotaxa. 501 (1): 56–84. Bibcode:2021Phytx.501...56K. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.501.1.2 . Retrieved 28 October 2024.

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[IPNI-1] "Drosera margaritacea". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens . Retrieved 28 October 2024.

[Fleischmann-2018b-2] 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.

[krueger-2021-3] Krueger, Thilo; Fleischmann, Andreas (2021). "A new species of Drosera section Arachnopus (Droseraceae) from the western Kimberley, Australia, and amendments to the range and circumscription of Drosera finlaysoniana". Phytotaxa. 501 (1): 56–84. Bibcode:2021Phytx.501...56K. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.501.1.2 . Retrieved 28 October 2024.

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