Drosera aurantiaca
Species of carnivorous plant
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Drosera aurantiaca is a species of sundew endemic to the Northern Territory and the north of Western Australia. It was first described by Allen Lowrie in his 2014 Carnivorous Plants of Australia Magnum Opus.[2] Like other members of Drosera sect. Arachnopus it is an annual therophyte.[3]
| Drosera aurantiaca | |
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| Flowers of Drosera aurantiaca | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Droseraceae |
| Genus: | Drosera |
| Subgenus: | Drosera subg. Drosera |
| Section: | Drosera sect. Arachnopus |
| Species: | D. aurantiaca |
| Binomial name | |
| Drosera aurantiaca | |
The specific epithet aurantiaca (Latin: 'orange-coloured') refers to the orange flowers of this species.[4]
