''Heliamphora huberi'' is a species of
Marsh Pitcher Plant endemic to the
Chimantá Massif
The Chimantá Massif is a highly fragmented complex of tepuis in Bolívar state, Venezuela. The massif comprises around 11 tepuis and has a total summit area of and an estimated slope area of .Huber, O. (1995). Geographical and physical feature ...
in
Venezuela, where it grows at elevations of 1850–2200 m in a variety of habitats. It has thus far been recorded from Angasima-tepui, Apacará-tepui, Amurí-tepui, Acopán-tepui, and the border of Torono- and Chimantá-tepui. Due to its intermediate appearance between species related to ''
H. minor'' and ''
H. heterodoxa'', it is suspected to be of hybridogenic origin.
References
Further reading
* Fleischmann, A. & J.R. Grande Allende 2012
2011'br>
Taxonomía de ''Heliamphora minor'' Gleason (Sarraceniaceae) del Auyán-tepui, incluyendo una nueva variedad axonomy of ''Heliamphora minor'' Gleason (Sarraceniaceae) from Auyán-tepui, including a new variety.''Acta Botánica Venezuelica'' 34(1): 1–11.
External links
Habitat photographs of ''Heliamphora huberi''
huberi
Flora of Venezuela
Plants described in 2009
Flora of the Tepuis
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