''Aracamunia liesneri'', collected by R. Liesner and F. Delascia in 1987, is the sole species in the

orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of floweri ...

genus ''Aracamunia''. It is the only orchid strongly suspected of being

carnivorous A carnivore , or meat-eater (Latin, ''caro'', genitive ''carnis'', meaning meat or "flesh" and ''vorare'' meaning "to devour"), is an animal or plant whose food and energy requirements derive from animal tissues (mainly muscle, fat and other ...

. ''A. liesneri'' bears peculiar, rigid, tongue-like structures with apparently sticky tips emanating from the bases of its leaves. It was found on Cerro Aracamuni 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 ...

, an area with nutrition-poor soil that apparently favors the emergence of assimilative (carnivorous) species.Rice, B. 2007
''Heliamphora'' from the western ranges
The Carnivorous Plant FAQ.

References

Monotypic Orchidoideae genera Cranichideae genera Spiranthinae Orchids of Venezuela Carnivorous plants {{Orchidoideae-stub