Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Drosera verrucata
Droseraceae Salisb.
Drosera verrucata Lowrie & Conran , legitimate, scientific
Lowrie, A. (2014), Appendix. Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus 3: 1272-1273 APC [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Western Australia. Parker Brook Rd, Albany, 34 56'37"S 117 49'41"E, 10 October 2000, A. Lowrie 2572 (holo: PERTH, iso: MEL)."
  • APC Dist.: WA
  • Etymology: "The epithet, verrucata, is named from the Latin verrucatus (wart-like outgrowth), in reference to the unique, elliptical, discus-shaped seed, which bear distinctive, irregular, wart-like-outgrowths around the periphery of an otherwise +- smooth surfaced seed."
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]