Sarraceniaceae
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Sarraceniaceae are a family of pitcher plants, belonging to order Ericales.
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Heliamphora
Darlingtonia californica
Sarracenia
Heliamphora
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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 f
Sarraceniaceae
…The family comprises three extant genera: Sarracenia (North American pitcher plants), Darlingtonia (the cobra lily or California pitcher plant), and Heliamphora (sun pitchers). The extinct Archaeamphora longicervia may also belong to this family, although later studies question that interpretation. All three…
Illustration of Heliamphora nutans from John Muirhead Macfarlane's 1908 monograph on the genus (A: entire plant; B: androecium; C: stamen; D: pistil; E: transverse section of the ovary; F: seed, with the testa; G: vertical section of the seed; H: embryo)
Flowers of H. pulchella
Evolutionary History of Heliamphora inferred from nuclear DNA. The evolutionary time is represented in millions of years. The node bars represent uncertainty in ancestral age estimations.