Drosera indica

Drosera indica
D. indica in Narsapur, Medak district, India
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. Arachnopus
Species:
D. indica
Binomial name
Drosera indica
A damselfly is seen captured by a Drosera indica plant at Madayipara

Drosera indica is an insectivorous plant, a sundew native to tropical countries throughout the world, from Asia to Africa, but absent from the neotropics.[1] Together with Australian endemic species D. aquatica, D. aurantiaca, D. barrettorum, D. cucullata, D. finlaysoniana, D. fragrans, D. glabriscapa, D. hartmeyerorum, D. nana, D. serpens it makes up the section Arachnopus.[2]

  1. ^ Schlauer, J. 2011. World Carnivorous Plant List – Nomenclatural Synopsis of Carnivorous Phanerogamous Plants Archived 18 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  2. ^ Barret and Lowrie, 2013. Application of names in Drosera section Arachnopus (Droseraceae). Retrieved 15 November 2017.

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