Heliamphora ionasii

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Heliamphora ionasii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ericales Family: Sarraceniaceae Genus: Heliamphora Species: H. ionasii
Binomial name
Heliamphora ionasii Maguire (1978)
Synonyms
?Heliamphora recens Hort.Westphal (1991) nom.nud.

Heliamphora ionasii (after Ionas, botanist) is a species of Marsh Pitcher Plant endemic to Ilu Tepui and possibly Yuruani Tepui in Venezuela. It produces the largest pitchers in the genus, which can be up to 50 cm in height.

[edit] References

• Maguire, B. 1978. Sarraceniaceae (Heliamphora). The Botany of the Guyana Highland Part–X, Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 29: 36–61.
• McPherson, S. 2007. Pitcher Plants of the Americas. The McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, Blacksburg, Virginia.

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