Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Drosera murfetii
Droseraceae Salisb.
Drosera murfetii Lowrie & Conran , legitimate, scientific
Lowrie, A. & Conran, J.G. (1 April 2014), Drosera murfetii (Droseraceae): a new species from Tasmania, Australia. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 27(2): 17-19, Figs 3d-f, 8, 9, 11 (map) APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "shores of Lake Esperance, Hartz Mountains, Tasmania, 43 13'44"S 146 46'14"E, alt. 1000 m, A. Lowrie 3181 & D.E.Murfet, 24 Jan 2006. - Holotypus: HO. Isotypi: PERTH; MEL, AD, NSW, distribuendi."
pro parte misapplication: Drosera arcturi Hook. legitimate by Marchant, N.G. & George, A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1982), Drosera. Flora of Australia 8: 53-54, Map 53 pro parte misapplication: Drosera arcturi Hook. legitimate by Lowrie, A. (1998), Carnivorous Plants of Australia 3: 136 pro parte misapplication: Drosera arcturi Hook. legitimate by Morris, D.I. in Duretto, M.F. (ed.) (2009), 96 Droseraceae. Flora of Tasmania online: 3
  • APC Dist.: Tas
  • Etymology: "The species is named in honour of Denzel Edwin Murfet (1957-), communications technician, amateur botanist, carnivorous plant, Stylidium and orchid enthusiast, who collected the species in the Hartz Range, Tasmania."
de Salas, M.F. & Baker, M.L. (2016), Tasmanian vascular plant census. A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 36 [secondary reference]