Q: Carnivorous plants of southern Africa--Roridula homeland!
Southern Africa
A: On this page, I will note all the carnivorous plants
known to occur in South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. All other
parts of Africa, including Madagascar and the Seychelles, are simply indicated as "northern Africa."
I expect this page will be frequently updated as new species are discovered and described. Before we get to the large genera
for South Africa, I note three species of carnivorous plants to get them out of the way quickly and easily:
- Genlisea hispidula: South Africa; also northern Africa.
- Roridula dentata and Roridula gorgonias: the entire genus, albeit a small one, is endemic to South Africa.
Drosera
slackii
Drosera
regia
Drosera
glabripes
Drosera
cistiflora
Drosera
Many of these species are very similar to each other; some experts would lump some of these species, other experts would
go further and describe infraspecific varieties (especially for D. cistiflora).
Definitely a controversial group:
- D. acaulis (endemic): South Africa
- D. admirabilis (endemic): South Africa
- D. afra (endemic): South Africa
- D. alba (endemic): South Africa
- D. aliciae (endemic): South Africa
- D. burkeana: South Africa; also in northern Africa.
- D. capensis (endemic): South Africa
- D. cistiflora (endemic): South Africa
- D. collinsiae (endemic): South Africa
- D. ×corinthiaca, = D. aliciae × glabripes (endemic): South Africa.
- D. cuneifolia (endemic): South Africa
- D. dielsiana: South Africa; also in northern Africa.
- D. ericgreenii (endemic): South Africa
- D. esterhuyseniae (endemic): South Africa
- D. glabripes (endemic): South Africa
- D. hilaris (endemic): South Africa
- D. indica: South Africa; also in northern Africa; Asia and Australia.
- D. longiscapa (endemic): South Africa
- D. madagascariensis: Swaziland and South Africa; also in northern Africa.
- D. natalensis: South Africa; also in northern Africa.
- D. nidiformis (endemic): South Africa
- D. pauciflora (endemic): South Africa
- D. ramentacea (endemic): South Africa
- D. regia (endemic): South Africa
- D. rubrifolia (endemic): South Africa
- D. slackii (endemic): South Africa
- D. trinervia (endemic): South Africa
- D. venusta (endemic): South Africa
- D. zeyheri (endemic): South Africa
Utricularia
subulata
Utricularia
sandersonii
Utricularia
gibba
Utricularia
bisquamata
Utricularia
Africa has a large number of species in it; but oddly enough, only Utricularia sandersonii is
endemic to South Africa.
- U. arenaria: South Africa; also in northern Africa; India.
- U. australis: South Africa; also in northern Africa; Europe, mainland Asia and Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
- U. benjaminiana: South Africa; also in northern Africa; Latin America.
- U. bisquamata: South Africa; also in northern Africa.
- U. cymbantha: South Africa; also in northern Africa.
- U. firmula: South Africa; also in northern Africa.
- U. foliosa: South Africa; also in northern Africa; the Americas.
- U. gibba: South Africa; also in northern Africa; the Americas, mainland Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia.
- U. inflexa: South Africa; also in northern Africa; mainland Asia.
- U. livida: South Africa and Lesotho; also in northern Africa; Mexico.
- U. prehensilis: South Africa; also in northern Africa.
- U. sandersonii (endemic): South Africa.
- U. scandens: South Africa; also in northern Africa; mainland and Southeast Asia.
- U. stellaris: South Africa; also in northern Africa; mainland Asia, and Australia.
- U. subulata: South Africa; also in northern Africa; mainland and Southeast Asia, Australia.
- U. welwitschii: South Africa; also in northern Africa.
Got it?
Page citations: Gibson 2008; Rice, B.A. 2006a; Schlauer, J. 2002; Taylor, P. 1989.
