The Plant List has 1,040,426 scientific plant names of species rank.

Some feel that this re-evaluation to full species rank requires additional study.

In 1981, Alex George promoted it to species rank.

It was originally described as a variety of Drosera montana before being raised to species rank in 1957.

It was elevated to species rank by Allen Lowrie in 2005.

Some sources elevate the two subspecies to species rank.

Some subspecies have been raised to full species rank.

It has since been moved to other taxa as a variety, subspecies, or elevated to species rank.

It was for a long time considered a form of H. heterodoxa, but has recently been raised to species rank.

First published as a variety of A. sericeus in 1870, it was promoted to species rank in 1978.