Aracamunia liesneri

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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Orchidaceae
subfamilia = Orchidoideae
tribus = Cranichideae
subtribus = Spiranthinae
genus = "Aracamunia"
species = "A. liesneri"
binomial = "Aracamunia liesneri"
binomial_authority = Carnevali & I. Ramírez

"Aracamunia liesneri", collected by R. Liesner and F. Delascia in 1987, is the sole species in the orchid genus "Aracamunia". It is the only orchid strongly suspected of being carnivorous. "A. liesneri" bears peculiar, rigid, tongue-like structures with apparently sticky tips emanating from the bases of its leaves. [Carnevali, G. & I. Ramírez. 1989. [http://www.botanicus.org/page/548992 "Aracamunia liesneri" Carnevali & I. Ramírez, gen. et sp. nov.] "Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard." 76: 962.] It was found on Cerro Aracamuni in Venezuela, an area with nutrition-poor soil that apparently favors the emergence of assimilative (carnivorous) species. [Rice, B. 2007. [http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5370.html "Heliamphora" from the western ranges] . The Carnivorous Plant FAQ.]

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