Heliamphora pulchella
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Heliamphora pulchella is a precarnivore plant species from the genus of the marsh jugs ( Heliamphora ). The species was only in 2005 based inter alia on herbarium firstdescribed and against the closely related minor Heliamphora discontinued.
description
leaves
The leaves of the plant are tubes 5 to 20 cm in size and up to 8 cm in diameter. The inside of the leaf is sparsely provided with bristly hairs that are up to several millimeters long. A helmet-shaped “lid”, up to 10 by 8 millimeters in size and with a short stem, sits on the edge of the hose.
blossoms
At the end of a 50 centimeter long stem there is a flower with a diameter of around 10 centimeters. It has four white to pale pink, oblong-lanceolate petals that are about five cm long and two cm wide. These include ten to fifteen stamens with three to four millimeters long anthers .
distribution
The species is found on several Venezuelan tepuis in the Chimanta region . It prefers full sun, occasionally flooded locations in shallow waters.
etymology
The name Heliamphora is composed of the Greek names for swamp and pitcher ; the epithet pulchella refers to the particular beauty of the species.
literature
- Andreas Wistuba , Thomas Carow, Peter Harbarth, Joachim Nerz: Heliamphora pulchella, a new species related to Heliamphora minor from the Chimanta region, Venezuela. In: The Taublatt. Issue 53, 2005, ISSN 0942-959X , pp. 42-50 .
