Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Drosera fragrans
Droseraceae Salisb.
Drosera fragrans Lowrie , legitimate, scientific
Lowrie, A. (2014), Appendix. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus 3: 1271 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Western Australia. East bank of Lily Creek, Kununurra, Kimberley, Western Australia, 15 46'40"S, 128 45'02"E, Allen Lowrie 2542K, 8 August 2000 (holo: PERTH; iso: MEL, DNA, Herbarium Lowrieanum)."
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT
  • Etymology: "The epithet, fragrans, is derived from the Latin fragrans (sweetly perfumed) in reference to the vegetative parts of the plant, which emit a very strong, honeydew-like perfume."
Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (28 March 2019), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2018. Nuytsia 30: 3 [secondary reference]