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Drosera rotundifolia

Flowering Plants

Drosera rotundifolia, known as the round-leaved sundew, roundleaf sundew or common sundew, is a species of carnivorous flowering plant that grows in bogs, marshes and fens. One of the most widespread sundew species, it has a circumboreal distribution across nearly all of Europe and Siberia and large parts of North America, Korea and Japan, and also occurs as far south as eastern China, the Philippines and New Guinea in the Southern Hemisphere. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial and Freshwater 2
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G5 Secure 4
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Scientific Name
Drosera rotundifolia 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Drosera, Taxa
Source Drosera rotundifolia (Wikidata)

In Biome

Fen, Biomes
Source Drosera rotundifolia (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Australia

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Austria

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Belarus

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Belgium

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Bulgaria

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Denmark

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Finland

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France

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Georgia

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Germany

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Greece

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Hungary

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Iceland

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Ireland

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Italy

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Japan

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Manchuria

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Netherlands

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North America

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Norway

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Philippines

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Poland

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Portugal

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Romania

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Spain

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Sources
1. Drosera rotundifolia (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Drosera rotundifolia, the round-leaved sundew, roundleaf sundew, or common sundew, is a species of carnivorous flowering plant that grows in bogs, marshes and fens.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • In Biome: Fen, Wikipedia intro: "ndew, or common sundew, is a species of carnivorous flowering plant that grows in bogs, marshes and fens. One of the most widespread sundew species, it has a ci..."
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2. Plants For A Future: Drosera rotundifolia
Plants For A Future
  • Habitats
    Wet and moist places in poor peaty soils, occasionally forming a floating fringe on small ponds
  • Medicinal Uses
    Externally, it has been used to treat corns, warts and bunions ... The plant is harvested in the summer and can be dried for later use
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3. Drosera rotundifolia (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q21187 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Drosera, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)
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4. NatureServe Explorer: Drosera rotundifolia
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Caryophyllales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12413
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12413
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Caryophyllales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Droseraceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12492
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12492
"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Nepenthales","family":"Droseraceae"},"synonyms":[{"id":60523,"full_name":"Monvillea pugionifera","author_year":"","rank":"SPECIES"}],"common_names":[{"name":"Venus atrapamoscas","language":"ES"},{"name":"Attrape-mouches","language":"FR"},{"name":"Venus’ flytrap","language":"EN"},{"name":"茅膏菜科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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