Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Drosera drummondii

Droseraceae Salisb.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Caryophyllanae(superordo)
Caryophyllales(ordo)
Droseraceae(fam.)
Drosera(gen.)
drummondii(sp.)

Drosera drummondii Planch.

, legitimate

, scientific

Planchon, J.E. (1848), Sur la famille des Droséracées.

Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique

:

293

[tax. nov.]

Type: "cum praecedente; Drummond in herb. Hook"

Bentham, G. (5 October 1864), Flora Australiensis 2

:

467

BHL

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Drosera penicillaris Benth.

legitimate

Marchant, N.G. & Lowrie, A.S. (1992), New names and new combinations in 35 taxa of Western Australian tuberous and pygmy Drosera.

:

319

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Drosera menziesii subsp. penicillaris (Benth.) N.G.Marchant & Lowrie

legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2010), Australian Plant Census

:

-

[taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of:

Drosera menziesii subsp. penicillaris (Benth.) N.G.Marchant & Lowrie

legitimate

Lowrie, A. (2014), Appendix.

Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus

:

1278

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Drosera menziesii var. penicillaris (Benth.) Diels

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Drosera menziesii subsp. penicillaris (Benth.) N.G.Marchant & Lowrie

legitimate

Etymology: "The epithet, drummondii, honours James Drummond (1784-1863), the first Western Australian government naturalist (1829-1834), the most successful botanical collector in the region of his time, he discovered ca. 70 new species."

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census

:

-

APC

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Drosera penicillaris Benth.

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Drosera menziesii var. penicillaris (Benth.) Diels

legitimate

taxonomic synonym:

Drosera menziesii subsp. penicillaris (Benth.) N.G.Marchant & Lowrie

legitimate

APC Dist.: WA

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (28 March 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2018.

:

10

[secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym:

Drosera menziesii subsp. penicillaris (Benth.) N.G.Marchant & Lowrie

legitimate