Systematics and evolution of droseraceae

Fleischmann, A.; Cross, Adam; Gibson, R.; Gonella, P.; Dixon, Kingsley

doi:10.1093/oso/9780198779841.003.0004

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Fleischmann, A.

Cross, Adam

Gibson, R.

Gonella, P.

Dixon, Kingsley

Date

2018

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Fleischmann, A. and Cross, A. and Gibson, R. and Gonella, P. and Dixon, K. 2018. Systematics and evolution of droseraceae, in Ellison, A. and Adamec, L. (ed), Carnivorous Plants: Physiology, Ecology, and Evolution, Part II: Systematics and evolution of carnivorous plants, chapter 4, pp. 45-57. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

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Carnivorous Plants: Physiology, Ecology, and Evolution

DOI

10.1093/oso/9780198779841.003.0004

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9780198779841

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School of Molecular and Life Sciences (MLS)

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/70040

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Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

The Droseraceae belongs to the botanical order Nepenthales and comprises three genera: Drosera (sundews) with adhesive traps; and the sister genera Dionaea (Venus’ flytrap) and Aldrovanda (waterwheel plant), each of which evolved snap-traps. Vegetative and generative morphology of each genus are illustrated and interpreted based on phylogenetic evidence. Phylogeny, evolutionary history, and infrageneric classification of Drosera are discussed in light of molecular phylogenetic data, and illustrated with phylogenetic trees and maps of their distribution.