# Drosera aquatica

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***Drosera aquatica*** is a species of [sundew](/source/Sundew) [endemic](/source/Endemism) to the [Northern Territory](/source/Northern_Territory) and [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia). It was first described by [Allen Lowrie](/source/Allen_Lowrie) in 2013.[1] Like other members of *[Drosera sect. Arachnopus](/source/Drosera_sect._Arachnopus)* it is an [annual](/source/Annual_(botany)) [therophyte](/source/Raunki%C3%A6r_plant_life-form).[2]

As the [specific epithet](/source/Botanical_name) implies, *D. aquatica* can be entirely aquatic, floating on the surface of floodwaters from the Australian [monsoon](/source/Monsoon).[3]

## References

1. Fleischmann, Andreas; Cross, Adam; Gibson, Robert; Gonella, Paulo; Dixon, Kingsley (2018). [*Systematics and taxonomy of*Droseraceae*. In: Carnivorous Plants: Physiology, ecology and evolution*](https://academic.oup.com/book/27905). Oxford University Press. pp. 45–57. ISBN 9780198779841. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

1. Ng, Boaz (2021). ["Carnivorous Plants of Australia's Top End"](https://cpn.carnivorousplants.org/articles/CPNv50n3p133_140.pdf). *Carnivorous Plant Newsletter*. **50** (3): 133–140. [doi:10.55360/cpn503.bn639](https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn503.bn639). Retrieved 28 September 2024.

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