Drosera sect. Ergaleium

{{Short description|Group of carnivorous plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Drosera menziesiiSinglePlantHabit.jpg

| image_caption = Drosera menziesii

| taxon = Drosera sect. Ergaleium

| authority = (DC.) Planch.

| type_species = D. menziesii

| type_species_authority = R.Br. ex DC.

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

| synonyms =

• D. sect. Polypeltes Diels

}}

Drosera sect. Ergaleium is a section of 26 species that are erect or scrambling tuberous plants in the genus Drosera. This section represents a natural group and are taxonomically monophyletic.Lowrie, A. 2005. [http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/images/stories/nature/science/nuytsia/15/3/355-394.pdf A taxonomic revision of Drosera section Stolonifera (Droseraceae), from south-west Western Australia]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Nuytsia, 15(3): 355-393.Rice, B. A. (2008). [http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5275.html The Carnivorous Plant FAQ] v. 11.5. Accessed online: 9 September 2009.

The section description has its origins in the description of Drosera subg. Ergaleium, first formally described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1824. In 1848, Jules Émile Planchon reorganized the species into sections, series, and subseries. Ludwig Diels reclassified the genus in his 1906 monograph of the family, placing the erect and scrambling tuberous Drosera in section Polypeltes. Another reclassification occurred in 1977, when Larry Eugene DeBuhr corrected Diels' section name to the correct and older autonym, sect. Ergaleium.