''Heliamphora tatei'' (after
George Henry Hamilton Tate
George Henry Hamilton Tate (April 30, 1894 – December 24, 1953) was a British-born American zoologist and botanist, who worked as a mammalogist for the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. In his lifetime he wrote several book ...
) is a species of
marsh pitcher plant endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Cerro Duida,
Cerro Huachamacari
Cerro Huachamacari, also spelled Huachamakari or Kushamakari, is a tepui in Amazonas state, Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the ...
and
Cerro Marahuaca
Cerro Marahuaca, also spelled Marahuaka (Ye'kuana: ), is a tepui in Amazonas state, Venezuela. It has an elevation of above sea level and is the second-highest mountain of the entire Guayana Shield (after the Cerro de la Neblina complex).Huber, ...
in
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. macdonaldae'', ''
H. neblinae'', and ''
H. parva'', and all three have in the past been considered
forms or
varieties of ''H. tatei''.
[McPherson, S., A. Wistuba, A. Fleischmann & J. Nerz (2011). '']Sarraceniaceae of South America
''Sarraceniaceae of South America'' is a monograph on the pitcher plants of the genus ''Heliamphora'' by Stewart McPherson, Andreas Wistuba, Andreas Fleischmann, and Joachim Nerz. It was published in September 2011 by Redfern Natural History Prod ...
''. Redfern Natural History Productions Ltd., Poole. Like ''H. tatei'', these species are noted for their stem-forming growth habit.
Putative
natural hybrids between ''H. macdonaldae'' and ''H. tatei'' have been recorded in the southern part of
Cerro Duida.
[Rivadavia, F. (2008)]
Cerro Duida, Cerro Avispa, Cerro Aracamuni
. CPUK Forum, 14 June 2008.
Infraspecific taxa
*''Heliamphora tatei'' var. ''macdonaldae'' (Gleason) Maguire (1978)
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H. parva'']
*''Heliamphora tatei'' f. ''tyleri'' (Gleason) Baumgartl (1993)
References
Further reading
* Jaffé, K., M.S. Blum, H.M. Fales, R.T. Mason & A. Cabrera (1995)
On insect attractants from pitcher plants of the genus ''Heliamphora'' (Sarraceniaceae).''Journal of Chemical Ecology'' 21(3): 379–384.
* McPherson, S. 2007. ''Pitcher Plants of the Americas''. The McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, Blacksburg, Virginia.
* Nerz, J. (December 2004)
''
Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' 33(4): 111–116.
* 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.
* Wistuba, A., T. Carow & P. Harbarth (September 2002)
''Heliamphora chimantensis'', a new species of ''Heliamphora'' (Sarraceniaceae) from the ‘Macizo de Chimanta’ in the south of Venezuela ''
Carnivorous Plant Newsletter'' 31(3): 78–82.
tatei
Flora of Venezuela
Flora of the Tepuis
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