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]
Heliamphora arenicola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Sarraceniaceae |
Genus: | Heliamphora |
Species: | H. arenicola
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Binomial name | |
Heliamphora arenicola |
References
edit- ^ a b c McPherson, S., A. Wistuba, A. Fleischmann & J. Nerz 2011. Sarraceniaceae of South America. Redfern Natural History Productions Ltd., Poole.
Further reading
edit- 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.