Heliamphora nutans

Taxobox
name = "Heliamphora nutans"


image_caption = "Heliamphora nutans"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Sarraceniaceae
genus = "Heliamphora"
species = "H. nutans"
binomial = "Heliamphora nutans"
binomial_authority = 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.

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.