Heliamphora hispida

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Heliamphora hispida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ericales Family: Sarraceniaceae Genus: Heliamphora Species: H. hispida
Binomial name
Heliamphora hispida Nerz & Wistuba (2000)

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.

[edit] References

• McPherson, S. 2007. Pitcher Plants of the Americas. The McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, Blacksburg, Virginia.
• Nerz, J. & A. Wistuba 2000. Heliamphora hispida (Sarraceniaceae), a new species from Cerro Neblina, Brazil-Venezuela. Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 29(2): 37–41.

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