Drosera flexicaulis Welw. ex Oliv.

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Status: Native
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Angola
Notes: D. flexicaulis was previously treated as a synonym of D. affinis (Laudon in Flora Zambesiaca 4, 1978; Figueiredo & Smith in Strelitzia 22, 2008 a.o). It has now again been recognised as a separate species. It is uncertain at the moment whether all material from Zambia should now be under D. flexicaulis or whether both species occur in Zambia.
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Worldwide distribution: DR Congo, Zambia and Angola.
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Other sources of information about Drosera flexicaulis:

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Flora of Angola: Drosera flexicaulis
Flora of the DRC: Drosera flexicaulis

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Drosera flexicaulis
African Plant Database: Drosera flexicaulis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Drosera flexicaulis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Drosera flexicaulis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Drosera flexicaulis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Drosera flexicaulis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Drosera flexicaulis
JSTOR Plant Science: Drosera flexicaulis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Drosera flexicaulis
Plants of the World Online: Drosera flexicaulis
Tropicos: Drosera flexicaulis
Wikipedia: Drosera flexicaulis


Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-26

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2026). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Drosera flexicaulis.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=268100, retrieved 16 September 2026

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