Heliamphora arenicola

Species of carnivorous plant

Heliamphora arenicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sarraceniaceae
Genus: Heliamphora
Species:
H. arenicola
Binomial name
Heliamphora arenicola
Wistuba, A.Fleischm., Nerz & S.McPherson (2011)[1]

Heliamphora arenicola is a species of marsh pitcher plant known only from the western side of the Ilu–Tramen Massif in Venezuela's Gran Sabana, where it grows at elevations of less than 2000 m.[1] It may also occur on Karaurin Tepui.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c McPherson, S., A. Wistuba, A. Fleischmann & J. Nerz 2011. Sarraceniaceae of South America. Redfern Natural History Productions Ltd., Poole.

Further reading

  • AIPC Special Issue 4: News of 2011. Associazione Italiana Piante Carnivore.
  • Nerz, J. (December 2004). Heliamphora elongata (Sarraceniaceae), a new species from Ilu-Tepui. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 33(4): 111–116.
  • (in German) Nerz, J. (2014). Die Jagd nach Heliamphora ionasi, früher und heute. Das Taublatt 79: 46–65.
  • Wistuba, A., T. Carow & P. Harbarth (September 2002). Heliamphora chimantensis, a new species of Heliamphora (Sarraceniaceae) from the ‘Macizo de Chimanta’ in the south of Venezuela. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 31(3): 78–82.
Taxon identifiers
Heliamphora arenicola


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