Heliamphora nutans

Heliamphora nutans
Heliamphora nutans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
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 Guyana, 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 was originally discovered in 1839 on Mount Roraima by the two brothers Robert and Richard Schomburgk, although they did not collect samples to return to Europe. In 1881, David Burke was plant-hunting in the same area of British Guiana where he collected specimens of the plant and introduced it to England.

• 

  Heliamphora nutans at Kew Gardens, London

• 

  Heliamphora nutans growing on Mount Roraima in Venezuela

• 

  Detail of H. hutans flower

• 

  Heliamphora nutans. Taken at Princess of Wales Conservatory, Kew Gardens, (London, UK)

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.