Drosera rotundifolia Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 281. 1753.

"Habitat in Europae, Asiae, Americae paludibus." RCN: 2227.

Lectotype (Cheek in Jarvis & al., Regnum Veg. 127: 44. 1993): Herb. Linn. No. 398.2 (LINN) .

Generitype of Drosera Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 143. 1929).

Current name: Drosera rotundifolia L. ( Droseraceae).