Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Droseraceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Drosera L., Sp. Pl. 281-282 (1753)
Type Taxon:
Drosera rotundifolia L.
Vernacular Name(s):
Daily dew; Sundew; Wahu
 Description

Sepals 5 or 4 or 8, connate at base or gamosepalous; petals and stamens same number as sepals; carpels 3–5. Capsule loculicidally 3–5-valved; style branches 3–5, often again divided; seeds ∞ . Herbs or subshrubs, mostly perennial, furnished with irritable glandular hairs.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Drosera L.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Indigenous (Non-endemic)5
Indigenous (Non-endemic): Sometimes present1
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Exotic: Casual2
Exotic: Presence uncertain1
Total11
 Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.