PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / CARYOPHYLLALES / DROSERACEAE / DROSERA / ACAULIS
Dwarf, rosulate herbs with 1-2 thin roots. Leaves c. 8, apetiolate, exstipulate, unequal in length, lamina narrowly spathulate, c. 7 mm long, 2 mm wide, bearing both types of tentacles, otherwise glabrous. Flower solitary on a pedicel 1-2 mm long, glandular pubescent. Calyx lobes c. 3 mm long. Petals obovate, c. 6 mm long, red or purple. Stamens with terete foments, the connective not rhomboidal. Styles forked from the base, stigmatic apex flabellately multifid. From: Obermeyer, AA. 1970. Droseraceae. Fl. S. Africa 13: 187-201. Dept. Agric. and Technical Services, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Dwarf, tufted perennial to 6 cm. Leaves radical, spathulate, exstipulate. Flowers 1-few on a short scape, white to purple, stigmas multifid. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P. 2012. Droseraceae. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 480-481. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Damp sandstone slopes. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P. 2012. Droseraceae. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 480-481. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
On or near the Matroosberg. From: Obermeyer, AA. 1970. Droseraceae. Fl. S. Africa 13: 187-201. Dept. Agric. and Technical Services, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Cedarberg to Hex River Mtns. From: Manning, JC; Goldblatt, P. 2012. Droseraceae. In: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 480-481. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
October to December
0 to 2100 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Names and Sources
Drosera acaulis Thunb.
Drosera pauciflora Banks ex DC. var. acaulis (Thunb.) Sond.
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Caryophyllales
FAMILY Droseraceae
GENUS Drosera
SPECIES acaulis
17 results for Drosera acaulis L.f.
Barcode: NBG1510425-0 Collector(s) & number: Winter, J, 208 | 1981-10-31
South Africa, Western Cape, (Wuppertal) Cape. Gideonskop. South Side of Gideonskop.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1510426-0 Collector(s) & number: Thompson, MF, 1551 | 1972-10-2
South Africa, Western Cape, Wupperthal, S.W.Cape. Cold Bokkeveld: between De Keur and Kromfontein
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Barcode: PRE0386649-0 Collector(s) & number: Thunberg, CP, PRE 53269 | 1775--
South Africa, Western Cape, KOUE BOKKEVELD; ELANDSKLOOF; BEYOND ELANDSKLOOF
General notes: Photograph of isotype in Stockholm
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Barcode: PRE0457466-0 Collector(s) & number: Marloth, HWR, 2268 | 1895-12-
South Africa, Western Cape, MATROOSBERG
General notes: Flores rubri.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG1510424-0 Collector(s) & number: Winter, J, 232 | 1981-12-10
South Africa, Western Cape, (Worcester) Cape. Matroosberg
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NBG0264291-0 Collector(s) & number: Helme, NA, 6662 | 2010-11-26
South Africa, Western Cape, Koue Bokkeveld Tafelberg, summit plateau.
General notes: Fynbos biome. Gentle, mountain slope. Moist/damp, sandy, rocky soil. Sandstone. Full sun. S aspect. No biotic effect seen. Herb. Petals pink. Leaves in a rosette. Flowers present. Plant height 0.01 m. Common in damp, shallow, peaty soils.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0386650-0 Collector(s) & number: Marloth, HWR, 2313 | 1896-12-
South Africa, Western Cape, GREAT WINTERHOEK
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2012
SERIES CHAPTER
Droseraceae Manning, JC; Goldblatt, PIn: J Manning & P Goldblatt (eds), Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: The Core Cape flora. Strelitzia 29: 480-481
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria
2006
BOOK
Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Sub-Saharan Africa Klopper, RR; Chatelain, C; Banninger, V; Spichiger, RSANBI, Pretoria
1970
FLORA
Droseraceae Obermeyer, AAFlora of Southern Africa 13: 187-201
Dept. Agric. and Technical Services, Pretoria
No results found for Drosera acaulis L.f.
Status and criteria
LC
Assessor(s)
Plantae Coordinator
RLDB
Dumont, H.J. and Al-Safadi, M.M. 1993. Further additions to the Dragonfly Fauna of the Republic of Yemen (Odonata)
RLDB
Waterston, A.R. 1984. Insects of Southern Arabia. Odonata from the Yemens and Saudi Arabia
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