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''Drosera aberrans'' is a
A review of ''Drosera whittakeri'' s. lat. (Droseraceae) and description of a new species from Kangaroo Island, South Australia
''Telopea'', 12(2): 147-165.
It was perhaps first illustrated by
perennial
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tuber
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ous species in the genus ''Drosera
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'' that is native to New South Wales
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, South Australia
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, and Victoria
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. It grows in a rosette
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3 to 5 cm in diameter with green, orange-yellow, or red leaves. It is native to southern inland South Australia, southern and central Victoria, and one single collection from New South Wales. It grows in a variety of soils from sand to laterite
Laterite is a soil type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by intensive and prolo ...
gravel and limestone clay in mallee woodland, heathland
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, and open forests. It flowers from July to September.Lowrie, A, and J. G. Conran. 2008A review of ''Drosera whittakeri'' s. lat. (Droseraceae) and description of a new species from Kangaroo Island, South Australia
''Telopea'', 12(2): 147-165.
Botanical history
It was perhaps first illustrated by Ferdinand von Mueller
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victoria, Australia ...
in 1879, which he identified as ''Drosera whitackeri'' ic though Allen Lowrie
Allen Lowrie (10 October 1948 - 30 August 2021) was a Western Australian Botany, botanist. He was recognised for his expertise on the genera ''Drosera'' and ''Stylidium''.Council of Heads of Australasian HerbariaResources of Australian Herbaria: W ...
and John Godfrey Conran note that this could represent artistic license
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and may not have been drawn from an actual specimen. Lowrie and Sherwin Carlquist first formally described this taxon
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in 1992 as a subspecies of '' Drosera whittakeri''. Lowrie and Conran reviewed the specimens of ''D. whittakeri'' in 2008 and elevated subsp. ''aberrans'' to species rank based on the colony-forming morphology of this species.
See also
* List of ''Drosera'' speciesReferences
External links
* http://www.tuberous-drosera.net/aberrans.htm Carnivorous plants of Australia Caryophyllales of Australia aberrans Flora of New South Wales Flora of South Australia Flora of Victoria (state) Plants described in 1992 {{Australia-eudicot-stub