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Drosera tomentosa

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Species of plant

Drosera tomentosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Droseraceae
Genus: Drosera
Subgenus: Drosera subg. Drosera
Section: Drosera sect. Drosera
Species: D. tomentosa
Binomial name
Drosera tomentosa
A.St.-Hil.
Synonyms
  • D. montana var. tomentosa (A.St.-Hil.) Diels
  • D. tomentosa var. glabrata A.St.-Hil.

Drosera tomentosa is a species in the carnivorous plant genus Drosera that is endemic to Brazil. It was originally described in 1824 by Augustin Saint-Hilaire. In 1906, Ludwig Diels reduced the species to a variety of D. montana. Diels' taxonomic rank for the species is still supported by some.

See also

References

  1. Schlauer, Jan. 1996. A dichotomous key to the genus Drosera L. (Droseraceae). Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, 25:67-88.
Taxon identifiers
Drosera montana


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