Botanical History
Drosera adelae was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in volume 4 of his work Fragmenta phytographiæ Australiæ, published in 1864. A later infraspecific taxon, described by Ludwig Diels in his 1909 work published in a volume of Das Pflanzenreich as D. adelae var. latior F.Muell. ex Diels is now considered to be a synonym of D. schizandra.
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