The following list of Drosera species includes all species and nothospecies (named naturally occurring hybrids) within the genus Drosera (sundews) that are accepted as of October 2024. [1] This list contains 274 species and nothospecies.
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| Species | Authority | Year a | Vernacular name | Distribution [1] | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drosera aberrans | (Lowrie & Carlquist) Lowrie & Conran | 2008 |  |  | |
| Drosera acaulis | L.f. | 1781 | Stemless sundew | South Africa |  |
| Drosera adelae | F.Muell. | 1864 | Adelaide sundew, lance-leaved sundew |  |  |
| Drosera admirabilis | Debbert | 1987 | South Africa |  | |
| Drosera affinis | Welw. ex Oliv. | 1871 | African tropics |  | |
| Drosera alba | Phillips | 1913 | South Africa |  | |
| Drosera albonotata | A.S.Rob., A.T.Cross, Meisterl & A.Fleischm. | 2018 | Australia (Western Australia) |  | |
| Drosera aliciae | Raym.-Hamet | 1905 | Alice sundew | South Africa |  |
| Drosera allantostigma | (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran | 2007 |  |  | |
| Drosera amazonica | Rivadavia, A.Fleischm. & Vicent. | 2009 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera andersoniana | W.Fitzg. ex Ewart & Jean White | 1909 | Sturdy sundew |  |  |
| Drosera androsacea | Diels | 1904 | Cone sundew |  | |
| Drosera anglica | Huds. | 1778 | English sundew, great sundew | circumboreal North America, Europe, and Asia |  |
| Drosera aquatica | Lowrie | 1834 | Australia (Western Australia) | ||
| Drosera arachnoides | Rakotoar. & A.Fleischm. | 2020 | Madagascar | ||
| Drosera arcturi | Hook. | 1834 |  |  | |
| Drosera arenicola | Steyerm. | 1952 | Venezuela | ||
| Drosera ascendens | A.St.-Hil. | 1826 | Brazil |  | |
| Drosera atrata | T.Krueger, A.Fleischm. & Bourke | 2023 | Australia (Western Australia) | ||
| Drosera atrostyla | Debbert | 1991 | South Africa (Cape Provinces) | ||
| Drosera aurantiaca | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory) | ||
| Drosera auriculata | Backh. ex Planch. | 1848 | Australia and New Zealand | ||
| Drosera australis | (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera × badgerupii | Cheek | 1993 | Australia | ||
| Drosera × badgingarra | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera banksii | R.Br. ex DC. | 1824 | Banks' sundew | Australia and New Guinea |  |
| Drosera barbigera | Planch. | 1848 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera barrettiorum | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera basifolia | (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera bequaertii | Taton | 1945 | Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
| Drosera bicolor | Lowrie & Carlquist | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera biflora | Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. | 1820 | Venezuela | ||
| Drosera binata | Labill. | 1804 | Fork-leaved sundew | Australia and New Zealand |  |
| Drosera bindoon | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera × bockowskii | Scholl | 2022 | US (Florida) | ||
| Drosera brevicornis | Lowrie | 1996 | Australia | ||
| Drosera brevifolia | Pursh | 1814 | Dwarf sundew, small sundew, red sundew | North America, Central America, and South America | |
| Drosera broomensis | Lowrie | 1996 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera browniana | Lowrie & N.G.Marchant | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera bulbigena | Morrison | 1903 | Midget sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera bulbosa | Hook. | 1841 | Red-leaved sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera burkeana | Planch. | 1848 | African tropics | ||
| Drosera burmanni | Vahl | 1794 | Tropical sundew | Australia and Southeast Asia |  |
| Drosera buubugujin | Michael T. Mathieson | 2020 | Australia | ||
| Drosera caduca | Lowrie | 1996 | Australia | ||
| Drosera × californica | Cheek | 1993 | US | ||
| Drosera callistos | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera calycina | Planch. | 1848 | Australia | ||
| Drosera camporupestris | Rivadavia | 2003 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera capensis | L. | 1753 | Cape sundew | South Africa |  |
| Drosera capillaris | Poir. | 1804 | Pink sundew, spathulate-leaved sundew | North America, Central America, and South America | |
| Drosera × carbarup | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera cayennensis | Sagot ex Diels | 1906 | Brazil, French Guiana, and Venezuela | ||
| Drosera cendeensis | Tamayo & Croizat | 1949 | Venezuela | ||
| Drosera chimaera | Gonella & Rivadavia | 2014 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera chrysolepis | Taub. | 1893 | Brazil and Peru |  | |
| Drosera cistiflora | L. | 1760 | South Africa |  | |
| Drosera citrina | Lowrie & Carlquist | 1992 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera closterostigma | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera coalara | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera coccipetala | Debbert | 2002 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera collina | (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera collinsiae | N.E.Br. ex Burtt Davy | 1924 | South Africa |  | |
| Drosera communis | A.St.-Hil. | 1824 | Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, and Venezuela | ||
| Drosera condor | P. Gonella, A. Fleischmann, F. Rivadavia, D. Neill, & P. Sano | 2016 | Peru and Ecuador | ||
| Drosera coomallo | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera × corinthiaca | R.A.Gibson & E.Green | 1999 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera cucullata | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera cuneifolia | L.f. | 1781 | South Africa |  | |
| Drosera curvipes | Planch. | 1848 | South Africa, Eswatini | ||
| Drosera darwinensis | Lowrie | 1996 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera depauperata | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera derbyensis | Lowrie | 1996 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera dichrosepala | Turcz. | 1854 | Rusty sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera dielsiana | Exell & J.R.Laundon | 1956 | Southern Africa |  | |
| Drosera dilatatopetiolaris | K.Kondo | 1984 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera drummondii | Planch. | 1848 | Australia | ||
| Drosera echinoblastus | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera × eloisiana | T.S.Bailey | 2015 | Europe, North America |  | |
| Drosera elongata | Exell & J.R.Laundon | 1955 | Angola | ||
| Drosera eneabba | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera enodes | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera eremaea | (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera ericgreenii | A.Fleischm., R.P.Gibson & Rivadavia | 2008 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera erythrogyne | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera erythrorhiza | Lindl. | 1839 | Red ink sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera esmeraldae | (Steyerm.) Maguire & Wurdack | 1957 | Colombia, Venezuela | ||
| Drosera esperensis | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera esterhuyseniae | (Salter) Debbert | 1991 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera falconeri | Tsang ex K.Kondo | 1984 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera felix | Steyerm. & L.B.Sm. | 1974 | Venezuela |  | |
| Drosera filiformis | Raf. | 1808 | Thread-leaved sundew | North America |  |
| Drosera fimbriata | DeBuhr | 1975 | Manypeaks sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera finlaysoniana | Wall. ex Arn. | 1837 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera flexicaulis | Welw. ex Oliv. | 1871 | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola | ||
| Drosera × fontinalis | Rivadavia | 2009 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera fragrans | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera fulva | Planch. | 1848 | Australia | ||
| Drosera geniculata | (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie | 2013 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera gibsonii | P.Mann | 2007 | Australia | ||
| Drosera gigantea | Lindl. | 1839 | Giant sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera glabripes | (Harv. ex Planch.) Stein | 1886 | South Africa |  | |
| Drosera glabriscapa | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera glanduligera | Lehm. | 1844 | Pimpernel sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera gracilis | Hook.f. ex Planch. | 1848 | New Guinea, Australia | ||
| Drosera graminifolia | A.St.-Hil. | 1824 | Brazil |  | |
| Drosera graniticola | N.G.Marchant | 1982 | Australia | ||
| Drosera grantsaui | Rivadavia | 2003 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera graomogolensis | T.R.S.Silva | 1997 | Brazil |  | |
| Drosera grievei | Lowrie & N.G.Marchant | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera gunniana | (Planch.) de Salas | 2018 | Australia | ||
| Drosera hamiltonii | C.R.P.Andrews | 1903 | Rosy sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera hartmeyerorum | Schlauer | 2001 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera helodes | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera heterophylla | Lindl. | 1839 | Swamp rainbow | Australia | |
| Drosera hilaris | Cham. & Schltdl. | 1826 | South Africa |  | |
| Drosera hirsuta | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera hirtella | A.St.-Hil. | 1824 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera hirticalyx | R.Duno & Culham | 1995 | Venezuela | ||
| Drosera hookeri | R.P.Gibson, B.J.Conn & Conran | 2010 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera hortiorum | T.Krueger & Bourke | 2023 | Australia | ||
| Drosera huegelii | Endl. | 1837 | Bold sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera humbertii | Exell & J.R.Laundon | 1956 | Madagascar | ||
| Drosera humilis | Planch. | 1848 | Australia | ||
| Drosera × hybrida | Macfarl. | 1899 | USA | ||
| Drosera hyperostigma | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera indica | L. | 1753 | Indian sundew | Tropical Africa, Asia, and Australia |  |
| Drosera indumenta | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera intermedia | Hayne | 1800 | Oblong-leaved sundew, spoonleaf sundew | temperate Europe, North America, South America |  |
| Drosera intricata | Planch. | 1848 | Australia | ||
| Drosera kaieteurensis | Brumm.-Ding. | 1955 | Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela |  | |
| Drosera katangensis | Taton | 1945 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
| Drosera kenneallyi | Lowrie | 1996 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera koikyennuruff | T.Krueger & A.S.Rob. | 2023 | Australia | ||
| Drosera lanata | K.Kondo | 1984 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera lasiantha | Lowrie & Carlquist | 1992 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera latifolia | (Eichler) Gonella & Rivadavia | 2014 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera × legrandii | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera leioblastus | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera leucoblasta | Benth. | 1864 | Wheel sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera leucostigma | (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie & Conran | 2007 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera linearis | Goldie | 1822 | Slenderleaf sundew | North America |  |
| Drosera × linglica | Kusak. ex R.Gauthier & Gervai | 1999 | North America | ||
| Drosera lowriei | N.G.Marchant | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera lunata | Buch.-Ham. ex DC. | 1824 | Asia, Australia | ||
| Drosera lutescens | (A.St.-Hil.) Gonella, Rivadavia & A.Fleischm. | 2022 | Bolivia, Brazil | ||
| Drosera maanyaa-gooljoo | A.Fleischm. & T.Krueger | 2023 | Australia | ||
| Drosera macrantha | Endl. | 1837 | Bridal rainbow | Australia |  |
| Drosera macropetala | (Diels) T.Krueger & A.Fleischm. | 2023 | Australia | ||
| Drosera macrophylla | Lindl. | 1839 | Showy sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera madagascariensis | DC. | 1824 | Africa |  | |
| Drosera magna | (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera magnifica | 2015 | Brazil |  | ||
| Drosera major | (Diels) Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera mannii | Cheek | 1990 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera marchantii | DeBuhr | 1975 | Australia | ||
| Drosera margaritacea | T.Krueger & A.Fleischm. | 2021 | Australia | ||
| Drosera menziesii | R.Br. ex DC. | 1824 | Pink rainbow | Australia |  |
| Drosera meristocaulis | Maguire & Wurdack | 1957 | Venezuela |  | |
| Drosera micra | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera micrantha | Lehm. | 1844 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera microphylla | Endl. | 1837 | Golden rainbow | Australia | |
| Drosera microscapa | Debbert | 1992 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera miniata | Diels | 1904 | Orange sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera minutiflora | Planch. | 1848 | Australia | ||
| Drosera modesta | Diels | 1904 | Modest rainbow | Australia | |
| Drosera monantha | (Lowrie & Carlquist) Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera montana | A.St.-Hil. | 1824 | Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Venezuela |  | |
| Drosera monticola | (Lowrie & N.G.Marchant) Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera moorei | (Diels) Lowrie | 1999 | Australia | ||
| Drosera murfetii | (Lowrie) Lowrie | 2014 | Australia | ||
| Drosera myriantha | Planch. | 1848 | Star rainbow, starry sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera nana | Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera natalensis | Diels | 1906 | Madagascar, Mozambique, South Africa |  | |
| Drosera neesii | Lehm. | 1844 | Jewel rainbow | Australia | |
| Drosera neocaledonica | Raym.-Hamet | 1906 | New Caledonia |  | |
| Drosera nidiformis | Debbert | 1991 | South Africa |  | |
| Drosera nitidula | Planch. | 1848 | Shining sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera nivea | Lowrie & Carlquist | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera oblanceolata | Y.Z.Ruan | 1981 | China | ||
| Drosera × obovata | Mert. & W.D.J.Koch | 1826 | Northern Hemisphere | ||
| Drosera occidentalis | Morrison | 1912 | Western sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera omissa | Diels | 1906 | Bright sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera orbiculata | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera ordensis | Lowrie | 1994 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera oreopodion | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera paleacea | DC. | 1824 | Dwarf sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera pallida | Lindl. | 1839 | Pale rainbow | Australia |  |
| Drosera paradoxa | Lowrie | 1997 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera patens | Lowrie & Conran | 2007 | Australia | ||
| Drosera pauciflora | Banks ex DC. | 1824 | South Africa |  | |
| Drosera pedicellaris | Lowrie | 2002 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera peltata | Thunb. | 1797 | Shield sundew, pale sundew | Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia |  |
| Drosera peruensis | T.R.S.Silva & M.D.Correa | 2002 | Peru | ||
| Drosera petiolaris | R.Br. ex DC. | 1824 | Larmi | Australia, New Guinea |  |
| Drosera pilosa | Exell & Laundon | 1956 | Cameroon, Guinea, Kenya, Tanzania | ||
| Drosera × pingellyensis | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera planchonii | Hook. f ex.Planch. | 1848 | Climbing sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera platypoda | Turcz. | 1854 | Fan-leaved sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera platystigma | Lehm. | 1844 | Black-eyed sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera porrecta | Lehm. | 1844 | Australia | ||
| Drosera praefolia | Tepper | 1892 | Australia | ||
| Drosera prolifera | C.T.White | 1940 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera prophylla | (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera prostrata | (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie | 2005 | Australia | ||
| Drosera prostratoscaposa | Lowrie & Carlquist | 1990 | Australia | ||
| Drosera pulchella | Lehm. | 1844 | Pretty sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera purpurascens | Schlotth. | 1856 | Australia | ||
| Drosera pycnoblasta | Diels | 1904 | Pearly sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera pygmaea | DC. | 1824 | Australia, New Zealand |  | |
| Drosera quartzicola | Rivadavia & Gonella | 2011 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera radicans | N.G.Marchant | 1982 | Australia | ||
| Drosera ramellosa | Lehm. | 1844 | Branched sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera ramentacea | Burch. ex DC. | 1824 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera rechingeri | Strid | 1987 | Australia | ||
| Drosera reflexa | Bourke & A.S.Rob. | 2023 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera regia | Stephens | 1926 | King sundew | South Africa |  |
| Drosera riparia | Gonella & Rivadavia | 2014 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera roraimae | (Klotzsch ex Diels) Maguire & Laundon | 1957 | Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela |  | |
| Drosera roseana | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera rosulata | Lehm. | 1844 | Australia | ||
| Drosera rotundifolia | L. | 1753 | Common sundew, round-leaved sundew | circumboreal North America, Europe, Asia |  |
| Drosera rubricalyx | T.Krueger & A.Fleischm. | 2023 | Australia | ||
| Drosera rubrifolia | Debbert | 2002 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera rupicola | (N.G.Marchant) Lowrie | 2005 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera salina | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera sargentii | Lowrie & N.G.Marchant | 1992 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera schizandra | Diels | 1906 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera schmutzii | Lowrie & Conran | 2008 | Australia | ||
| Drosera schwackei | (Diels) Rivadavia | 2008 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera scorpioides | Planch. | 1848 | Shaggy sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera serpens | Planch. | 1848 | SE Asia, Australia | ||
| Drosera sessilifolia | A.St.-Hil. | 1824 | Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela |  | |
| Drosera sewelliae | Diels | 1904 | Red woolly sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera × sidjamesii | Lowrie & Conran | 2007 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera silvicola | Lowrie & Carlquist | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera slackii | Cheek | 1987 | South Africa |  | |
| Drosera solaris | A.Fleischm., Wistuba & S.McPherson | 2007 | Guyana | ||
| Drosera spatulata | Labill. | 1804 | Spoon-leaved sundew | Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia |  |
| Drosera spilos | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera spiralis | A.St.-Hil. | 1826 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera spirocalyx | Rivadavia & Gonella | 2014 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera squamosa | Benth. | 1864 | Australia | ||
| Drosera stelliflora | Lowrie & Carlquist | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera stenopetala | Hook.f. | 1853 | New Zealand |  | |
| Drosera stipularis | Baleeiro, R.W.Jobson & R.L.Barrett | 2020 | Australia | ||
| Drosera stolonifera | Endl. | 1837 | Leafy sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera stricticaulis | (Diels) O.H.Sarg. | 1913 | Erect sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera subhirtella | Planch. | 1848 | Sunny rainbow | Australia | |
| Drosera subtilis | N.G.Marchant | 1982 | Australia | ||
| Drosera sulphurea | Lehm. | 1844 | Sulphur-flowered sundew | Australia | |
| Drosera tentaculata | Rivadavia | 2003 | Brazil |  | |
| Drosera thysanosepala | Diels | 1906 | Australia | ||
| Drosera tokaiensis | (Komiya & C.Shibata) T.Nakamura & K.Ueda | 1991 | Japan |  | |
| Drosera tomentosa | A.St.-Hil. | 1824 | Brazil |  | |
| Drosera tracyi | Macfarl. | 1914 | USA | ||
| Drosera trichocaulis | (Diels) Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera trinervia | Spreng. | 1820 | South Africa |  | |
| Drosera tubaestylis | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera ultramafica | A.Fleischm., A.S.Rob. & S.McPherson | 2011 | Ultramafic-growing sundew | Malesia |  |
| Drosera uniflora | Willd. | 1809 | Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands | ||
| Drosera venusta | Debbert | 1987 | South Africa |  | |
| Drosera verrucata | Lowrie & Conran | 2013 | Australia | ||
| Drosera villosa | A.St.-Hil. | 1826 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera viridis | Rivadavia | 2003 | Brazil | ||
| Drosera walyunga | N.G.Marchant & Lowrie | 1992 | Australia | ||
| Drosera whittakeri | Planch. | 1848 | Scented sundew, Whittaker's sundew | Australia |  |
| Drosera × woodii | R.Gauthier & Gervais | 1999 | North America | ||
| Drosera xerophila | A.Fleischm. | 2018 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera yilgarnensis | R.P.Gibson & B.J.Conn | 2012 | Australia |  | |
| Drosera yutajensis | R.Duno & Culham | 1995 | Venezuela | ||
| Drosera zeyheri | Salter | 1940 | South Africa | ||
| Drosera zigzagia | Lowrie | 1999 | Australia | ||
| Drosera zonaria | Planch. | 1848 | Painted sundew | Australia |  |