Drosera lanata
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]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Droseraceae |
| Genus: | Drosera |
| Subgenus: | Drosera subg. Lasiocephala |
| Species: | D. lanata |
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| Drosera lanata K.Kondo | |
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| Distribution of D. lanata in Australia | |
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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]
References
- Lowrie, A. 1990. The Drosera petiolaris complex. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, 19(3-4):65-72.
- Lowrie, A. 1998. Carnivorous Plants of Australia. Vol. 3. Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press. p. 31.
- Lowrie, A. 1998. Carnivorous Plants of Australia. Vol. 3. Nedlands, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press. pp. 21-22.
- Lowrie, A. 1991. A field trip to Darwin. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, 20(4):114-123.
- "Drosera lanata". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
