Drosera whittakeri

Drosera whittakeri
	Drosera whittakeri
Systematics
	Eudicotyledons
	Nuclear eudicotyledons
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Sundew family (Droseraceae)
Genre :	Sundew ( Drosera )
Type :	Drosera whittakeri
Scientific name
	Drosera whittakeri
	Planch.

Drosera whittakeri is a carnivorous plant in the genus sundew ( Drosera ). It is native to southern Australia.

description

The plants grow from an orange, round and up to one centimeter thick tuber in a native rosette and reach a diameter of up to 8 centimeters. The spatulate leaves turn reddish in color as the plant ages. Subterranean runners can form, from which new plants of this species can then grow. In June / July there are white, terminal single flowers on the up to 4 flower stalks, which are very large in relation to the plant.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 28.

Distribution area

The species is native to South Australia around Adelaide . The locations are all on different sandy or loamy gravel soils between small bushes or in open forests.

Systematics

The species was first described in 1848 by Jules Émile Planchon . In 2008 the species Drosera aberrans (previously subspecies) and Drosera praefolia (synonym) were delimited .

proof

↑ ^a ^b Allen Lowrie: Carnivorous. Plants of Australia. Volume 3. University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands 1998, ISBN 1-875560-59-9 .
^ Drosera whittakeri at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
↑ Allen Lowrie, John G. Conran: A review of Drosera whittakeri s. lat. (Droseraceae) and description of a new species from Kangaroo Island, South Australia. In: Telopea. Vol. 12, No. 2, 2008, ISSN 0312-9764 , pp. 147-165, ( online ).

Web links

Commons : Drosera whittakeri - album with pictures, videos and audio files

[low-1] Allen Lowrie: Carnivorous. Plants of Australia. Volume 3. University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands 1998, ISBN 1-875560-59-9 .

[IPCN-2] Drosera whittakeri at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[tel12-3] Allen Lowrie, John G. Conran: A review of Drosera whittakeri s. lat. (Droseraceae) and description of a new species from Kangaroo Island, South Australia. In: Telopea. Vol. 12, No. 2, 2008, ISSN 0312-9764 , pp. 147-165, ( online ).