Heliamphora nutans

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Heliamphora nutans
Heliamphora nutans
Conservation status
Data deficient (DD)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Sarraceniaceae
Genus: Heliamphora
Species: H. nutans
Binomial name
Heliamphora nutans
Benth. (1840)

Heliamphora nutans (Latin: nutans = nodding) is a species of Marsh Pitcher Plant native to Venezuela, Brazil and Guayana, where it grows on several Tepuis, including Roraima, Kukenan, Tramen and Ilu. H. nutans was the first Heliamphora to be described and is the best known species.