Morphological evaluation of the Drosera peltata complex (Droseraceae)
Robert Gibson A C D , Barry J. Conn B and Jeremy J. Bruhl C
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A Environment Protection Authority, Newcastle, NSW 2300, Australia.
B National Herbarium of New South Wales, Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia.
C Botany, School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia.
D Corresponding author. Email: robert.gibson@environment.nsw.gov.au
Australian Systematic Botany 25(1) 49-80 https://doi.org/10.1071/SB11030
Submitted: 9 August 2011 Accepted: 7 December 2011 Published: 9 March 2012
Abstract
A phenetic study of morphological characters of the Drosera peltata complex (Droseraceae) supports the recognition of the following taxa: D. peltata from wetlands of south-eastern Australia; D. auriculata from south-eastern Australia and New Zealand; the morphologically variable D. hookeri from south-eastern Australia and northern New Zealand; the widespread D. lunata from southern and South-East Asia, as well as northern and north-eastern Australia; and the new species D. yilgarnensis R.P.Gibson & B.J.Conn is here described, from around granite outcrops of south-western Australia. D. bicolor from south-western Australia is recognised as a distinct species outside of the D. peltata complex. D. insolita, considered until recently as a distinct species, is reduced to synonymy of D. lunata. Phenotypic plasticity, vegetative similarity and fleetingly produced diagnostic floral and seed characters within the complex pose significant challenges in understanding the taxonomy of these taxa.
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