Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Drosera cucullata
Droseraceae Salisb.
Drosera cucullata Lowrie , legitimate, scientific
Lowrie, A. (2014), Appendix. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus 3: 1270 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Western Australia. Gibb River Rd, N of Adcock Gorge, Kimberley, Western Australia, 16 53'59"S, 125 47'02"E, Allen Lowrie 2542K [sic; 2523K, fide A.Lowrie, pers. comm. (25 Nov. 2014)], 5 August 2000 (holo: PERTH iso: DNA; MEL; Herbarium Lowrieanum)."
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT
  • Etymology: "The epithet, cucullata, is derived from the Latin cucullatus (having a hood), in reference to its large, blood red, curved and hood-like stamens that are reminiscent of a cobra snake ready to strike."
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]