Re: D.coccicaulis

Jan Schlauer (Jan@pbc-ths1.pci.chemie.uni-tuebingen.de)
Fri, 23 Feb 1996 11:20:18 +0100

Dear Christoph,

>Subsequently, I have received the same plant under the name D.
>venusta from Germany - actually I got seed. Jan what is the history of the
>name D. venusta?

A brief look into the cp database (http://www.hpl.hp.com/bot/cp_home) would
have disclosed:

N: [Drosera venusta {Debbert}]
P: Mitt.Bot.Staatss.Muenchen 23:432 (1987)
T: Oteniqua Mts. N George, Cape, P.Debbert s.n. (M)
S: =[Drosera natalensis {Diels}]

The plant was described formally correctly but the distinctive features
seem (IMHO) too weak to establish a species different from _D.natalensis_
(even the distinction between the two species _D.aliciae_ and
_D.natalensis_ is frequently rather difficult, any further species in this
complex is certainly too much!).

Kind regards
Jan