Heliamphora glabra

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Heliamphora glabra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Sarraceniaceae
Genus: Heliamphora
Species: H. glabra
Binomial name
Heliamphora glabra
(Maguire) Nerz, Wistuba & Hoogenstrijd (2006)
Synonyms
  • Heliamphora heterodoxa var. glabra Maguire (1978)
  • Heliamphora heterodoxa f. glabra (Maguire) Steyerm. (1984)

Heliamphora glabra (Latin: glaber = bald) is a species of Marsh Pitcher Plant native to Serra do Sol in Venezuela. It was for a long time considered a form of H. heterodoxa, but has recently been raised to species rank.

[edit] References

  • McPherson, S. 2007. Pitcher Plants of the Americas. The McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, Blacksburg, Virginia.
  • Nerz, J., A. Wistuba & G. Hoogenstrijd 2006. Heliamphora glabra (Sarraceniaceae), eine eindrucksvolle Heliamphora Art aus dem westlichen Teil des Guayana Schildes. Das Taublatt 54: 58–70.
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