Droseraceae

Drosera L.

Last edited by Pieter B. Pelser & John Edward Matulina Villasis, 28 December 2025

Drosera banksii R.Br. ex DC., Prodr. (A. P. de Candolle) 1 (1824) 319; Conn, Brunonia 3 (1980) 209; Lowrie et al., Drosera of the World 2 (2017) 786. Distribution: Australia, New Guinea, Philippines. LUZON: Zambales. Notes: 20-400m. DAO category: Vulnerable. Native.
Drosera burmanni Vahl, Symb. Bot. (Vahl) 3 (1794) 50; Merrill, EPFP 2 (1923) 216; Van Steenis, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 4 (1953) 378; Lowrie et al. Drosera of the World 2 (2017) 910; Batuyong et al., Biodiversitas 21 (2020) 3973. Distribution: Australia, Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Java, Laos, Malay Peninsula, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Taiwan, Thailand. LUZON: Ilocos Norte, Mountain Province, Zambales (photos), MARARISON. Notes: 2-900(-1400)m. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1). Native.
Drosera indica L., Sp. Pl., 1st Ed. (1753) 282; Conn, Brunonia 3 (1980) 211; Lowrie et al. Drosera of the World 2 (2017) 910. = Drosera hexagynia Blanco, Fl. Filip., 2nd Ed. (1845) 159. Distribution: Borneo, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Laos, Malay Peninsula, New Guinea, Philippines, ?Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam. CULION, LUZON: Rizal. Notes: 0-45m. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1). Native.
Drosera lunata Buch.-Ham. ex DC., Prodr. (A. P. de Candolle) 1 (1824) 319; ≡ Drosera peltata var. lunata (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit. India 2 (1878) 425; Lowrie et al., Drosera of the World 2 (2017) 926. ≠ Drosera peltata auct. non Thunb.; Sm. in Willd., Sp. Pl. 1 (1797) 1546; Merr., EPFP 2 (1923) 216; Van Steenis, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 4 (1953) 380. Distribution: Australia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, ?Laos, ?Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand. LUZON: Abra (photos), Benguet, Mountain Province, Zambales, MINDORO. Notes: 750-2400(-3225)m. Native.
Drosera rotundifolia L., Sp. Pl., 1st Ed. (1753) 281; Lowrie et al. Drosera of the World 2 (2017) 938. Distribution: China, Europe, Japan, Korea, N America, New Guinea, Philippines, Russia. MINDANAO: Bukidnon. Notes: High montane Sphagnum bogs. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1). DAO category: Vulnerable. Native.
Drosera serpens Planch., Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris), 3rd Sér. 9 (1848) 204; Lowrie et al. Drosera of the World 2 (2017) 944. ≠ Drosera indica auct. non L.; Merr., EPFP 2 (1923) 216; Van Steenis, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 4 (1953) 379. Distribution: Australia, Cambodia, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam. LUZON: Pangasinan, MARARISON (photos), PANAY. Notes: 10-900m. Native.
Drosera spatulata Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. 1 (1804) 79; Merrill, EPFP 2 (1923) 216; Van Steenis, Fl. Males. ser. 1, 4 (1953) 379. Distribution: LUZON: Albay, Aurora, Isabela, MINDORO, PALAWAN, PANAY. Notes: (10-)750-2800m. Native.
- var. spatulata; Lowrie et al. Drosera of the World 2 (2017) 948. Distribution: Australia, China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean, Philippines. LUZON: Albay, Aurora, Isabela, MINDORO, PALAWAN, PANAY. Notes: 750-2400m. Native.
Drosera ultramafica A.Fleischm., A.S.Rob. & S.McPherson, Blumea 56 (2011) 11; Lowrie et al. Drosera of the World 2 (2017) 960; Type: McPherson 002 (PPC, holo; L, iso). Distribution: Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra. PALAWAN. Notes: 1500-3000m. DAO category: Vulnerable. Native.

Possibly present

Drosera finlaysonii Wall. ex Arn., Compan. Bot. Mag. 2 (1837) 314; Lowrie et al. Drosera of the World 2 (2017) 920; Krueger & Fleischman, Phytotaxa 501 (2021) 63; Type: from Vietnam. Distribution: Australia, China, ?Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam.

References

Conn, BJ. 1980. A review of Drosera in Papuasia. Brunonia 3: 209-216.
Coritico, FP & A Fleischmann. 2016. The first record of the boreal bog species Drosera rotundifolia (Droseraceae) from the Philippines, and a key to the Philippine sundews. Blumea 61: 24-28
Fleischmann, A, Robinson, AS, McPherson, S, Heinrich, V, Gironella, E, Madulid, DA, 2011. Drosera ultramafica (Droseraceae), a new sundew species of the ultramafic flora of the Malesian highlands. Blumea 56: 10-15
Krueger, T & A Fleischmann. 2021. A new species of Drosera section Arachnopus (Droseraceae) from the western Kimberley, Australia, and amendments to the range and circumscription of Drosera finlaysoniana. Phytotaxa 501: 56-84
Lowrie, A, A Robinson, R Nunn, B Rice, G Bourke, R Gibson, S McPherson & A Fleischmann. 2017. Drosera of the World 2: Oceania, Asia, Europe, North America. Redfern Natural History Productions.
Lowrie, A. 2013. Carnivorous plants of Australia Magnum Opus. 3 Volumes. Redfern Natural History Productions.
Robinson, A, R Gibson, P Gonella, S McPherson, R Nunn & A Fleischmann. 2017. Drosera of the World 3: Latin America, Africa. Redfern Natural History Productions.
Steenis, CGGJ van. 1953. Droseraceae. Flora Malesiana series 1, 4: 377-381