The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Showing Drosera cucullata
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- Plantae(reg.)
- Charophyta(div.)
- Equisetopsida(cl.)
- Magnoliidae(subcl.)
- Caryophyllanae(superordo)
- Caryophyllales(ordo)
- Droseraceae(fam.)
- Drosera(gen.)
- cucullata(sp.)
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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)."
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APC Dist.: WA, NT
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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."