Sundews

Drosera

Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings cc-by-nc

Drosera (Sundews) is a genus of herb in the family Droseraceae. They are native to Saint-Pierre Et Miquelon, The Contiguous United States, Canada, Alaska, Pacific Basin excluding Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Greenland, Hawaii, and Oceania continent (Australia, NZ and islands). They have capsule fruit. Flowers are visited by Flower Flies.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142
Definition: whole plant herbaceous

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3424932

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q578170

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/6251999

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/5879092
Attribution: GeoNames

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/4566966

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3425505

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/5855797

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/6255151

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0030091
Definition: a fruit which develops from a gynoecium and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp, dry mesocarp, and dry endocarp that usually dehisce

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EOL has data for 12 attributes, including:

is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Euander lacertosus (Erichson 1842)
fruit type
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0000850
- Definition: A fruit anatomy and morphology trait (TO:0002629) which is associated with the type of a fruit (PO:0009001).
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PO:0009001] [database_cross_reference: TO:moorel]
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capsule fruit
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0030091
- Definition: a fruit which develops from a gynoecium and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp, dry mesocarp, and dry endocarp that usually dehisce
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Kentucky
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6254925
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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glue
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00003076
- Definition: any substance applied to the surfaces of materials that binds them together and resists separation
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flowers visited by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002623
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Toxomerus (Flower Flies)
leaf mass per area
- URI: http://top-thesaurus.org/annotationInfo?viz=1&&trait=Leaf_mass_per_area
- Definition: the ratio of the dry mass of a leaf to its area
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50 g/m^2
leaf nitrogen per dry mass
- URI: http://top-thesaurus.org/annotationInfo?viz=1&&trait=Leaf_nitrogen_content_per_leaf_dry_mass
- Definition: The ratio of the quantity of nitrogen in the leaf or component thereof, i.e. leaf lamina or leaflet, per respective unit dry mass
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15 mg/g
native range includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NativeRange
- Definition: Lists jurisdictions in which a given organism is a member of the undisturbed fauna or flora.
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Hawaii
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/5855797
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number of public records in bold
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
- Definition: number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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113
plant growth form
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900032
- Definition: whole plant growth form. eg: herbaceous, tree, liana
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subshrub
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/subshrub
- Definition: Low-growing plant usually under 0.5 m (1.5 feet) tall, never exceeding 1 meter (3 feet) tall at maturity.
- Attribution: PLANTS Database Growth Habits Codes and Definitions: https://plants.usda.gov/growth_habits_def.html
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produces
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0003000
- Definition: This organism produces this material or substance, either during its life or after death. A produces B if some process that occurs in A has output B.
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oxygen
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_15379
- Definition: molecular oxygen, O2
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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photoautotroph
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130
- Definition: An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Sundews. View this species on GBIF

Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings cc-by-nc

Sundews

Drosera

Sundews includes 177 children: