Drosera dichrosepala, commonly known as the rusty sundew, is a pygmy sundew from Western Australia. It is a carnivorous plant. The specific epithet dichrosepala is a combination of the Greek words dis, meaning double, and chroia, meaning colour, as well as the Latin sepalum meaning sepal, it refers to the plant's sepals being bi-coloured.[3] It has two subspecies: D. dichrosepala ssp.dichrosepala and D. dichrosepala ssp. enodes.[4]
| Rusty sundew | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Droseraceae |
| Genus: | Drosera |
| Subgenus: | Drosera subg. Bryastrum |
| Section: | Drosera sect. Lamprolepis |
| Species: | D. dichrosepala
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| Binomial name | |
| Drosera dichrosepala | |
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Drosera scorpioides var. brevipes | |
References
edit- ^ Cross, A. (2020). "Drosera dichrosepala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T66439404A67694274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T66439404A67694274.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Rusty sundew". Atlas of living Australia. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Pygmy Drosera albonatata - echinoblastus". International Carnivorous Plant Society. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Drosera dichrosepala Turcz". Encyclopeida of Life. Retrieved 30 September 2021.