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Heliamphora chimantensis Wistuba, Carow & Harbarth

Chimantá Massif marsh pitcher

No habitat climate Photographs not checked Carnivorous plant

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Summary

Heliamphora chimantensis is a species of marsh pitcher plant endemic to the Chimantá Massif in Venezuela. It has been recorded from Apacará Tepui and Chimantá Tepui. The species is thought to be more closely related to Heliamphora tatei and Heliamphora neblinae than to other species found in the Gran Sabana region. Like other members of the genus Heliamphora, it survives in nutrient-poor environments by capturing and digesting insects using specialized pitcher-shaped leaves.

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About the genus · Heliamphora

The genus Heliamphora contains 24 species of pitcher plants endemic to South America. The species are collectively known as sun pitchers, based on the mistaken notion that the heli of Heliamphora is from the Greek helios, meaning "sun". The name instead derives from the Greek helos, meaning "marsh", so a more accurate translation of their scientific name would be marsh pitcher plants. More on Wikipedia ›

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Family

Sarraceniaceae

Described by

Wistuba, Carow & Harbarth

Native to

Venezuela

Wild records

2 in range· 2 open

Cultivation

Grouped as a carnivorous plant by the genus Heliamphora, which is reliably one kind of plant (archetype table). The table holds no figure for this group, which spans too much for one minimum, and no habitat climate is derived yet; no cold floor is given, and no prose comes from the table.

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species, and the archetype table has no figure for its genus or family.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: Only 2 distinct land cells of the climate grid hold an in-range record; three are needed for an envelope.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.

Openly licensed records inside the range, framed on where they fall.

NativeVenezuela

Kew's description“perennial” · “wet tropical”· quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here

Evidence usedThe map marker rests on all 2 georeferenced records inside the native range, all openly licensed and shown on the map. Under a dozen records: treat the map as indicative. No climate envelope is derived for this species.

Papers naming this species

Works whose title or abstract names Heliamphora chimantensis, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.

Heliamphora chimantensis, A new species of Heliamphora (Sarraceniaceae) from the 'Macizo de Chimanta' in the South of Venezuela

Andreas Wistuba, Thomas Carow, Peter Harbarth (2002) · Carnivorous Plant Newsletter

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