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Drosera magnifica Rivadavia & Gonella

Giant Sundew

No habitat climate Photographs not checked Carnivorous plant

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Summary

Drosera magnifica is a species of sundew endemic to Pico do Padre Ângelo in eastern Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil, where it grows among sandstone outcrops in herbaceous and shrubby vegetation. It is one of the three largest species of Drosera – the other two being D. regia from South Africa and D. gigantea from Australia – and was discovered in 2015 through images which appeared on the social network Facebook. It is the largest New World sundew, and it is closely related to Drosera graminifolia and Drosera spiralis. According to the IUCN Red List categories and criteria, it is considered Critically Endangered. More on Wikipedia ›

The opening of Wikipedia, “Drosera magnifica”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written. Kept separate from everything derived here.

About the genus · Drosera

Drosera, which is commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species. These members of the family Droseraceae lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surfaces. The insects are used to supplement the poor mineral nutrition of the soil in which the plants grow. More on Wikipedia ›

The opening of Wikipedia, “Drosera”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written.

Family
Droseraceae
Described by
Rivadavia & Gonella
Native to
Brazil Southeast
Wild records
1 in range· 1 open

Cultivation

Grouped as a carnivorous plant by the genus Drosera, which is reliably one kind of plant (archetype table). The table holds no figure for this group, which spans too much for one minimum, and no habitat climate is derived yet; no cold floor is given, and no prose comes from the table.

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species, and the archetype table has no figure for its genus or family.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: Only 1 distinct land cell of the climate grid holds an in-range record; three are needed for an envelope.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Openly licensed records inside the range, framed on where they fall.
NativeBrazil Southeast
Kew's description“subshrub” · “montane tropical”· quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedThe map marker rests on all 1 georeferenced record inside the native range, all openly licensed and shown on the map. 1 record outside the range (gardens, roadsides, misidentifications) ignored. Under a dozen records: treat the map as indicative. No climate envelope is derived for this species.

Papers naming this species

Works whose title or abstract names Drosera magnifica, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.

Drosera magnifica (Droseraceae): the largest New World sundew, discovered on Facebook
Paulo Minatel Gonella, Fernando Rivadavia, Andreas Fleischmann (2015) · Phytotaxa
FUTURE PERSPECTIVES OF DROSERA MAGNIFICA: THE FIRST EVER PLANT DISCOVERED ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA
Preet Amol Singh, Neha Bajwa (2017) · Journal of Drug Delivery and Therapeutics
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GBIF.org User (2026) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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GBIF.org User (2026) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Drosera magnifica (Droseraceae): the largest New World sundew, discovered on Facebook
Paulo Minatel Gonella, Fernando Rivadavia, Andreas Fleischmann (2026) · The Catalogue of Life
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GBIF.Org User (2023) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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GBIF.Org User (2023) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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GBIF.Org User (2022) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Growing a magnificent sundew: Germination and cultivation of Drosera magnifica from seed
Christian Dietz, Marcel van den Broek (2019) · Carnivorous Plant Newsletter
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GBIF.Org User (2019) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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GBIF.Org User (2019) · Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Other Drosera 203 in the reference

History & registers

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gbif.occurrences answeredGBIF occurrence download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.3h4zam
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