Drosera menziesii

Drosera menziesii
	Drosera menziesii
Systematics
	Eudicotyledons
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Sundew family (Droseraceae)
Genre :	Sundew ( Drosera )
Type :	Drosera menziesii
Scientific name
	Drosera menziesii
	R.Br. ex DC.

Drosera menziesii is a plant from the genus of Sonnentaue ( Drosera ). This carnivorous plant isnativeto four subspecies in western and southwestern Australia .

description

tuber

blossom

Drosera menziesii grows terrestrially as a perennial herbaceous plant . As a permanent organ, it forms tubers with a diameter of up to 1.5 cm and is usually dark red, but other shades of color are also known. The up to 25 cm high stems grow upwards in a "zigzag" manner. Each prong is extended by a petiole about 1 cm long, on which a leaf sits alternately. The leaves are circular with a diameter of up to 4 mm. There are densely glandular tentacles on the upper side of the leaf .

The flowers, which are usually dark pink, are found in lateral, two- to three-fold branched, umbrella-like inflorescences .

Occurrence

Is home Drosera menziesii in South Western Australia .

It grows in swampy areas on clay, sand and / or peat soils. In the subtropical area, the locations can dry out completely in summer. The summer dry seasons are survived in the underground tubers.

Systematics

Drosera menziesii belongs to the Ergaleium section in the genus Drosera . The first description of Drosera menziesii was made in 1824 by Robert Brown in de Augustin Pyramus Candolle : Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis , 1, 319. synonyms for Drosera menziesii R.Br. ex DC. are Drosera filicaulis Endl. and Sondera menziesii (R.Br. ex DC.) Chrtek & Slavíková .

Four subspecies of the species Drosera menziesii have been known and described since NG Marchant & A. Lowrie 1992:

Drosera menziesii subsp. basifolia N.G.Marchant & Lowrie
Drosera menziesii R.Br. ex DC. subsp. menziesii
Drosera menziesii subsp. penicillaris ( Benth. ) NGMarchant & Lowrie
Drosera menziesii subsp. thysanosepala (Diels) NGMarchant & Lowrie

literature

Wilhelm Barthlott , Stefan Porembski, Rüdiger Seine, Inge Theisen: Carnivores. Biology and culture of carnivorous plants. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-4144-2 .
Jean-Jacques Labat: Carnivorous Plants. Eugen Ulmer GmbH & Co., Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3582-5 .

Individual evidence

↑ Kew List.
^ Neville Marchant, Allen Lowrie: New names and new combinations in 34 taxa of Western Australian tuberous and pygmy Drosera. In: Kew Bulletin. Vol. 47, No. 2, 1992, ISSN 0075-5974 , pp. 315-328, JSTOR 4110677 .

Web links

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[1] Kew List.

[2] Neville Marchant, Allen Lowrie: New names and new combinations in 34 taxa of Western Australian tuberous and pygmy Drosera. In: Kew Bulletin. Vol. 47, No. 2, 1992, ISSN 0075-5974 , pp. 315-328, JSTOR 4110677 .