Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Drosera gigantea subsp. geniculata
Droseraceae Salisb.
Drosera gigantea subsp. geniculata N.G.Marchant & Lowrie , legitimate, scientific
Marchant, N.G. & Lowrie, A.S. (1992), New names and new combinations in 35 taxa of Western Australian tuberous and pygmy Drosera. Kew Bulletin 47(2): 316 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Western Australia, c. 2 km N of Brennans Ford, on Scott River Road, in black sandy soil on the margins of swamps on higher ground than the average water level, A.Lowrie 16/9/84 (holotypus PERTH)."
  • Etymology: "The subspecific epithet refers to the geniculate lateral branches."
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2005), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Drosera gigantea var. geniculata (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Schlauer legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA
Lowrie, A. (2014), Appendix. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus 3: 1275 [basionym]
basionym of: Drosera geniculata (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie legitimate
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (28 March 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2018. Nuytsia 30: 9 [nomenclatural synonym]
nomenclatural synonym of: Drosera geniculata (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie legitimate