Heliamphora nutans

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Heliamphora nutans
Heliamphora nutans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ericales Family: Sarraceniaceae Genus: Heliamphora Species: H. nutans
Binomial name
Heliamphora nutans Benth. (1840)
Synonyms
Heliamphora heterodoxa auct. non Steyerm.: G.Cheers (1992) Sarracenia nutans (Benth.) D.Dietr. (1843)

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.

Heliamphora nutans at Kew Gardens, London

Heliamphora nutans growing on Mount Roraima in Venezuela

Detail of H. hutans flower

[edit] References

• Bentham, G. 1840. Heliamphora nutans. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 18: 429–432.
• Gonzalez, J.M., K. Jaffe & F. Michelangeli 1991. Competition for Prey Between the Carnivorous Bromeliaceae Brocchinia reducta and Sarraceniaceae Heliamphora nutans. Biotropica 23(4B): 602–604.
• 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