Heliamphora tatei (after George Tate) is a species of Marsh Pitcher Plant endemic to Duida Tepui, Cerro Huachamacari and Marahuaca Tepui in Venezuela. It is closely related to H. neblinae and the latter was at one point considered a variety of H. tatei.[1]
[edit] Infraspecific taxa
- Heliamphora tatei var. macdonaldae (Gleason) Maguire (1978) [=H. macdonaldae]
- Heliamphora tatei f. macdonaldae (Gleason) Steyerm. (1984) [=H. macdonaldae]
- Heliamphora tatei var. neblinae (Maguire) Steyerm. (1984) [=H. neblinae]
- Heliamphora tatei var. neblinae f. parva (Maguire) Steyerm. (1984) [=H. parva][2]
- Heliamphora tatei f. tyleri (Gleason) Baumgartl (1993)
[edit] References
- ^ McPherson, S. 2007. Pitcher Plants of the Americas. The McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, Blacksburg, Virginia.
- ^ McPherson, S., A. Wistuba, A. Fleischmann & J. Nerz 2011. Sarraceniaceae of South America. Redfern Natural History Productions Ltd., Poole.
- Gleason, H.A. 1931. Botanical results of the Tyler-Duida Expedition. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 58(6): 367–368.
- Renner, S.S. 1989. Floral Biological Observations on Heliamphora tatei Sarraceniaceae and Other Plants from Cerro de la Neblina in Venezuela. Plant Systematics and Evolution 163(1–2): 21–30.
