Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Drosera marchantii subsp. prophylla
Droseraceae Salisb.
Drosera marchantii subsp. prophylla 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): 319 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Western Australia, Brand Hwy, 17.2 km N of Cataby, in laterite-silica sand soils, only on hill tops in open ground on heathland, A.Lowrie 83/002, 23/6/83 (holotypus PERTH)."
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "This new subspecies is named for the numerous bracts (prophylls) on the lower part of the stem."
Briggs, J.D. & Leigh, J.H. (1996), Rare or Threatened Australian Plants: 50 [secondary reference]
Lowrie, A. (2014), Appendix. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus 3: 1276 [basionym]
basionym of: Drosera prophylla (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 prophylla (N.G.Marchant & Lowrie) Lowrie legitimate