Family · Other eudicots
Droseraceae
Sundews, Venus flytrap
Carnivorous plants trapping insects with sticky tentacles or snap-traps; includes the Venus flytrap.
- Accepted species
- 277accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 3accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈63 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Australasiamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Drosera (sundew)
- Dionaea (Venus flytrap)
- Aldrovanda
Genera
Drosera275 spp.
Aldrovanda1 spp.
Dionaea1 spp.
Where it grows
- Australasia178
- Southern America43
- Africa40
- Northern America16
- Asia-Temperate13
- Asia-Tropical12
- Europe6
- Pacific4
- Antarctic1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Droseraceae sits in the order Caryophyllales.
- CaryophyllaceaeCarnations, pinks, chickweed3,403
- AmaranthaceaeAmaranth, beet, spinach, quinoa2,420
- CactaceaeCacti2,033
- AizoaceaeIce plants, living stones1,815
- PolygonaceaeBuckwheat, rhubarb, knotweed1,638
- PlumbaginaceaeSea lavender, leadwort1,141
- NyctaginaceaeBougainvillea, four o'clocks465
- MontiaceaeMiner's lettuce271
- NepenthaceaeTropical pitcher plants218
- PortulacaceaePurslanes154
- TamaricaceaeTamarisks113
- MolluginaceaeCarpetweeds99
- FrankeniaceaeSea heaths86
- Anacampserotaceae61
- PhytolaccaceaePokeweeds34
- TalinaceaeFameflowers29
- Limeaceae25
- Petiveriaceae22
- Ancistrocladaceae20
- DidiereaceaeMadagascar ocotillo20
- BasellaceaeMalabar spinach19
- Microteaceae10
- Achatocarpaceae10
- Macarthuriaceae9