This plant is treated as a species-level taxon called Drosera moaensis in Greuter, W. y Rankin, R. (2022), Vascular Pants of Cuba – A Checklist. 3rd, updated edition of the Spermatophyta of Cuba, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin & Jardín Botánico Nacional, Universidad de La Habana. See: https://www.bgbm.org/sites/default/files/plantas_vasculares_de_cuba_inventario_tercera_edicion.pdf

Drosera moaensis is considered a synonym of Drosera brevifolia by Stewart McPherson in Drosera of the World (2107, reprinted in 2020). POWO follows this publication.

Seen and photographed March 8th, 2024 at Laguna de Iberia (620 meters above sea level), within the Baracoa Conservation Department of Alexander Humboldt National Park (UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site).