''Heliamphora macdonaldae'' is a species of
marsh pitcher plant endemic
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to
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
. It is closely related to ''
H. tatei'' and was for a long time considered a
form
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...
or
variety of that species.
[McPherson, S. 2007. ''Pitcher Plants of the Americas''. The McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, Blacksburg, Virginia.] Putative
natural hybrids between ''H. macdonaldae'' and ''H. tatei'' have been recorded in the southern part of
Cerro Duida.
References
Further reading
* Gleason, H.A. (May 1931). Botanical results of the Tyler-Duida Expedition. ''Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club'' 58(5): 277–344.
* Steyermark, J.A. ''et al.'' (18 May 1951)
Sarraceniaceae p. 239–242In
Contributions to the flora of Venezuela. Botanical exploration in Venezuela - 1.''Fieldiana: Botany'' 28(1): 1–242.
macdonaldae
Flora of Venezuela
Plants described in 1931
Flora of the Tepuis
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