Heliamphora folliculata

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Heliamphora folliculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ericales Family: Sarraceniaceae Genus: Heliamphora Species: H. folliculata
Binomial name
Heliamphora folliculata Wistuba, Harbarth & Carow (2001)

Heliamphora folliculata (Latin: folliculatus = having follicles) is a species of Marsh Pitcher Plant endemic to the Aparaman group of tepuis in Venezuela. It grows on all four mountains: Aparaman Tepui, Murosipan Tepui, Tereke Tepui and Kamakeiwaran Tepui.

[edit] References

• McPherson, S. 2007. Pitcher Plants of the Americas. The McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, Blacksburg, Virginia.
• Wistuba, A., P. Harbarth & T. Carow 2001. Heliamphora folliculata, a new species of Heliamphora (Sarraceniaceae) from the ‘Los Testigos’ Table Mountains in the South of Venezuela. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 30(4): 120–125.

v • d • e Heliamphora species H. chimantensis • H. elongata • H. exappendiculata • H. folliculata • H. glabra • H. heterodoxa • H. hispida H. ionasii • H. minor • H. neblinae • H. nutans • H. pulchella • H. sarracenioides • H. tatei