Drosera dielsiana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Droseraceae |
Genus: | Drosera |
Subgenus: | Drosera subg. Drosera |
Section: | Drosera sect. Drosera |
Species: | D. dielsiana
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Binomial name | |
Drosera dielsiana Exell & J.R.Laundon
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Drosera dielsiana is a compact rosetted sundew native to South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, the Free State, the Northern Provinces), Eswatini (Swaziland), Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe.[2] It was described as a new species by Arthur Wallis Exell and Jack Rodney Laundon in 1956.[3][4] The diploid chromosome number is 2n=40.[5] It was named in honor of Ludwig Diels, the author of the 1906 monograph on the Droseraceae.