Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Drosera aquatica
Droseraceae Salisb.
Drosera aquatica Lowrie , legitimate, scientific
Lowrie, A. (2014), Appendix. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus 3: 1268 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Western Australia, 15 km W of Kununurra, Kimberley, Western Australia, 15 46'15"S 128 37'11"E, A. Lowrie 1111, 26 April 1995 (holo: PERTH; iso: DNA, Herbarium Lowrieanum)."
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The epithet, aquatica, is derived from the Latin aquaticus (growing in water), in reference to its ability to float and maintain its apical foliage and inflorescence parts well above the surface of the water."
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (28 March 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2018. Nuytsia 30: 2 [secondary reference]
Brown, G.K. & Bostock, P.D. (December 2019), Appendix A: New names and name and status changes 2018 to 2019. Introduction to the Census of the Queensland Flora 2019: 8 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (29 September 2022), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld