Plant Details

Accepted name:: Drosera rotundifolia L. [Droseraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
common sundew	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
drosera	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
droserae herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
droserae herba, herba droserae	Pharmaceutical	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
extracto fluido de drosera	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
herbe de la rosée (fr)	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
red rot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rorella	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rosolida	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rossolis	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
rossolis à feuilles rondes	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
round-leaf sundew	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
round-leaved sundew	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
roundleaf sundew	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
roundleaved sundew	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
rundblättriger sonnentau	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rundsileshår	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sonnentau	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
sonnentaukraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
sonnentaukraut (ge)	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
sundew	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
sundew herb (en)	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
yerba de drosera (sp)	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
圆叶茅膏菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Herb		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
herb	extract	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
herb		Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Drosera belezeana E.G.Camus J. Bot. (Morot) 5: 198 (1891).
Drosera corsica (Maire) A.W.Hill Index Kew., Suppl. 6: 71 (1926).
Drosera rotundifolia subsp. bracteata J.Kern & Stern Nova Guinea, n.s., 6: 279 (1955).
Drosera rotundifolia f. breviscapa Domin Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 1: 11 (1905).
Drosera rotundifolia var. breviscapa Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 34(II): 257 (1862).
Drosera rotundifolia var. capillaris A.A.Eaton & Wright Man. Bot., ed. 8: 230 (1840).
Drosera rotundifolia var. caulescens Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 665 (1821 publ. 1822).
Drosera rotundifolia var. comosa Fernald Rhodora 7: 9 (1905).
Drosera rotundifolia f. comosa (Fernald) B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 93: 643 (1966).
Drosera rotundifolia f. corsica Maire Rev. Bot. Syst. Géogr. Bot. 2: 66 (1904).
Drosera rotundifolia var. corsica Briq. Prodr. Fl. Corse: f. 7 (1913).
Drosera rotundifolia var. distachya DC. Prodr. 1: 317 (1824).
Drosera rotundifolia var. furcata Y.Z.Ruan Acta Phytotax. Sin. 19: 340 (1981).
Drosera rotundifolia var. furcata Westerl. Bot. Not. 1863: 145 (1863).
Drosera rotundifolia var. gracilis Laest. ex Hultén Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., ser. 3, 8(1): 5 (1930).
Drosera rotundifolia var. longipetiolata H.Lév. Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 9: 212 (1900).
Drosera rotundifolia var. maritima Graebn. Schriften Naturf. Ges. Danzig, n.f., 1: 367 (1895).
Drosera rotundifolia var. perennis Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 665 (1821 publ. 1822).
Drosera rotundifolia f. pygmaea Popov Konspekt Fl. Pober. Baikal: 213 (1966).
Drosera septentrionalis (Scop.) Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 189 (1812).
Rorella rotundifolia (L.) All. Fl. Pedem. 2: 88 (1785).
Rossolis rotundifolia (L.) Moench Methodus: 57 (1794).
Rossolis septentrionalis Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 232 (1771).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Drosera rotundifolia	Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Drosera rotundifolia L.	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Drosera rotundifolia Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

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