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374.0000 Family Droseraceae Salisb.; Parad. Lond. 2: ad t. 95 (1808), nom. cons.
3 genera, ca. 200 spp.
Species listed in database: 237; hybrids: 16
= Aldrovandaceae Nakai; J. Jap. Bot. 24: 10 (1949)
= Drosereae Dumort.; Fl. Belg. [Dumortier] 115 (1827)
= Droseroideae Arn.; Botany [Arnott] 98 (1832)
= Rorelleae Kuntze; Lex. Gen. Phan. [Post & Kuntze] 647 (1903)
= Dionaeeae Kuntze; Lex. Gen. Phan. [Post & Kuntze] 647 (1903)
= Dionaeaceae Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 3: 35 (1837)
374.0002 Genus Dionaea J.Ellis; Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 1: 98, t. 8 (1770)
Distribution: SE-USA
Species listed in database: 1
= Muscipula Ruppius ex Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon n.s., 16: 344 (1868)
species :
Dionaea muscipula J.Ellis; Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. 1: 98 (1773)
Name: Venus flytrap (EN), Venusfliegenfalle (DE)
Distribution: Germany [I]; USA (North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama [I], California [I], Pennsylvania [I], Virginia [I], New Jersey [I]); Jamaica [I]
11 ger 75 USA 76 USA 78 USA 81 jam
Synonyms: hidden
= Dionaea corymbosa Raf.; Med. Fl. 2: 217 (1830)
= Dionaea sensitiva Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 321 (1796)
= Dionaea sessiliflora Raf.; Med. Fl. 2: 217 (1830)
= Dionaea uniflora Raf.; Atlantic J. 1(2): 78 (1832)
= Drosera sessiliflora Raf.; Atlantic J. 1(4): 148 (1832)
= Drosera uniflora Raf.; Atlantic J. 1: 148 (1832), nom. illeg.
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