Species within a genus

Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

DROSERA (G)
Sundew(Le) Doublom
Family: DROSERACEAE

drosos, = dew; droseros, = dewy, watery. (glistening leaf-glands)
(LS, Le)

Drosera aliciae
Ground Rose(Vo) Cape Sundew (Wf)
Location: (F, K)

For Alice Marguerite Pegler (1861-1929).**
(Ch)

Drosera capensis (La)
Doublom(PS) Vliegvangertjie(Vo) Slakblom Stream Sundew
Location: (F, K)

cape, = Cape of Good Hope; -ensis, = indicates country or place of growth, or origin or else habitat. (pertaining to the Cape of Good Hope; Cape Peninsula)
(BL)

Drosera cistiflora (G, La)
Grootdou(PS) Pietsnot(Wf) Rose-flowered Sundew
Location: (F, K)

cystis, = the bladder, a bag, pouch; cista, = a wooden box or basket, often woven of slips or twigs; flos, floris, = a blossom, flower. (CISTUS – rockrose)
(LS, ld, M)

Drosera glabripes (La)
Woody Sundew (Vo)
Location: (F, K)

glaber, glabra, = without hair, smooth, bald; (glabrous; smooth, hairless) pes, pedis, = a foot; the stalk or pedicle of a fruit, especially of the grape. (a foot-like part or organ, peduncle)
(ld, BL)

Drosera hilaris (La)
Sprawling Sundew (Vo)
Location: (F, K)

hilaris, hilarus, = cheerful, of good cheer, lively, gay, blithe, merry, jocund, jovial.
(ld)

Drosera slackii

Location: (F)

For Adrian Slack (c.1934- ).**
(Ch)

Drosera trinervia (G, La)
Little Sundew (Vo)
Location: (F, K)

tri-, = three times, thrice; nervus, = a sinew, tendon, nerve. (nerve (vein)) (three-veined)
(LS, ld, BL)