Drosera lanata

Drosera lanata
Drosera lanata
In cultivation
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Droseraceae
Genus: Drosera
Subgenus: Lasiocephala
Species: D. lanata
Binomial name
Drosera lanata
K.Kondo
Distribution of D. lanata in Australia
Synonyms
  • D. petiolaris var. conferta Domin

Drosera lanata is a carnivorous plant in the genus Drosera and is endemic to the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia. Its leaves are arranged in a compact basal rosette. Narrow linear petioles less than 2 mm wide emerge from the center of the rosette and hold carnivorous leaves at the end. Both petioles and the center of the rosette are densely covered in silvery dendritic hairs.[1][2] These dendritic hairs afford the plant insulation and allow it to trap morning dew for additional moisture during the dry season.[3] The leaf lamina is maroon-red and 2 mm long by 2.5 mm wide.[2][4]

Drosera lanata was first formally described by Katsuhiko Kondo in 1984 when he authored three new species of the D. petiolaris complex.[1] The type specimen was collected near Mareeba on the Cape York Peninsula on 28 March 1982.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Lowrie, A. 1990. The Drosera petiolaris complex. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, 19(3-4):65-72.
  2. ^ a b Lowrie, A. 1998. Carnivorous Plants of Australia. Vol. 3. Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press. p. 31.
  3. ^ Lowrie, A. 1998. Carnivorous Plants of Australia. Vol. 3. Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press. pp. 21-22.
  4. ^ Lowrie, A. 1991. A field trip to Darwin. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, 20(4):114-123.
  5. ^ International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=166774-3. Retrieved 26 June 2010. 

External links

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