Heliamphora hispida

Heliamphora hispida (Latin: hispidus = covered with stiff or rough hairs, bristly) is a species of Marsh Pitcher Plant endemic to Cerro Neblina, the southernmost tepui of the Guiana Highlands at the Brazil-Venezuela border.

Heliamphora hispida
Heliamphora hispida in cultivation.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sarraceniaceae
Genus: Heliamphora
Species:
H. hispida
Binomial name
Heliamphora hispida
Nerz & Wistuba (2000)[1]

References

  • (in Spanish) Brewer-Carías, C. (May 1973). "Plantas carnívoras del Cerro de La Neblina. Estudio y fotografía sobre tres mecanismos de trampas" (PDF). Defensa de la Naturaleza 2(6): 17–26.
  • (in Spanish) Brewer-Carías, C. (2012–2013). "Las plantas carnívoras de los tepuyes" (PDF). Río Verde 9: 73–88.
  • McPherson, S. (2007). Pitcher Plants of the Americas. The McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, Blacksburg, Virginia.
  • Nerz, J. (December 2004). Heliamphora elongata (Sarraceniaceae), a new species from Ilu-Tepui. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 33(4): 111–116.
  • Nerz, J. & A. Wistuba (June 2006). Heliamphora exappendiculata, a clearly distinct species with unique characteristics. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 35(2): 43–51.
  • 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.
  • (in German) Wistuba, A., T. Carow, P. Harbarth, & J. Nerz (2005). "Heliamphora pulchella, eine neue mit Heliamphora minor (Sarraceniaceae) verwandte Art aus der Chimanta Region in Venezuela" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-20. Das Taublatt 53(3): 42–50.
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