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Drosera is a genus within the plant kingdom, classified under the phylum Tracheophyta, class Magnoliopsida, and order Caryophyllales. It belongs to the family Droseraceae. The scientific name is Drosera L., and it is also referred to by the common name madanadro. One species within this group is known as the round-leaved sundew.
Records of Drosera have been documented in France, Canada, Austria, the United States, and Australia. These records are held by institutions including CAS, MICH, the University of Alberta Museums, and GH. The genus has been the subject of 272 PubMed entries and has 716,585 occurrence records. Additionally, 41,660 observations have been logged on iNaturalist, and 2,326 records with 1,247 media items are available through iDigBio.
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Species
round-leaved sundew
Drosera
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyDroseraceae
Common Name: madanadro
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,326
- With media
- 1,247
- Family
- Droseraceae
- Collections
- CAS, MICH, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, A, GH, NY
- Recorded in
- France, Canada, Austria, United States, Australia, Poland, Myanmar, Colombia
Research
272 papers- Drosera-Inspired Dual-Actuating Double-Layer Hydrogel Actuator.Macromolecular rapid communications · 2021Kong X, Li Y, Xu W et al.DOI: 10.1002/marc.202100416
- Phytochemistry of the carnivorous sundew genus Drosera (Droseraceae) - future perspectives and ethnopharmacological relevance.ReviewChemistry & biodiversity · 2013Egan PA, van der Kooy FDOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201200359
- Drosera tokaiensis extract containing multiple phenolic compounds inhibits the formation of advanced glycation end-products.Archives of biochemistry and biophysics · 2020Tominaga Y, Sugawa H, Hirabayashi K et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2020.108586
- Rapid flower closure of Drosera tokaiensis deters caterpillar herbivory.Biology letters · 2022Tagawa K, Osaki H, Watanabe MDOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0373
- Drosera rotundifolia and Drosera tokaiensis suppress the activation of HMC-1 human mast cells.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2009Fukushima K, Nagai K, Hoshi Y et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.06.009
- Dramatic difference in rate of chromosome number evolution among sundew (Drosera L., Droseraceae) lineages.Evolution; international journal of organic evolution · 2023Mohn RA, Zenil-Ferguson R, Krueger TA et al.DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpad153
- Flavonoids as chemotaxonomic markers in the genus Drosera.Phytochemistry · 2015Braunberger C, Zehl M, Conrad J et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.08.017
- Structural and functional characterization of chitinase from carnivorous plant Drosera adelae.FEBS open bio · 2025Yoneda K, Naruse Y, Suizu Y et al.DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.70110
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- carnivorous plant
- Parent taxon
- Droseraceae
- Image
- Drosera spatulata KansaiHabit.jpg
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- taxon common name
- rosika
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Drosera
- Commons category
- Drosera
- topic's main category
- Category:Drosera
- Commons gallery
- Drosera
- has fruit type
- capsule
- taxonomic type
- Drosera rotundifolia
Sources (2)
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Article · Italiano
Drosera L., 1753 è un genere di piante carnivore della famiglia delle Droseraceae, dotate di trappole adesive. Include oltre 150 specie distribuite principalmente in Australia, Africa e Sud America, con un numero limitato di specie diffuse nell'emisfero nord.
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