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Definition of Heliamphora
1. Noun. Genus of pitcher plants of the Guiana Highlands in South America.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Sarraceniaceae, Pitcher-plant Family, Sarraceniaceae
Member holonyms: Sun Pitcher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heliamphora
Literary usage of Heliamphora
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General System of Botany Descriptive and Analytical: In Two Parts by Emmanuel Le Maout, Joseph Decaisne, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1876)
"SCAPES naked, or furnished with a few bracts, 1-flowered (Sarracenia, Darlingtonia),
or terminated by a few-flowered raceme (heliamphora). ..."
2. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1889)
"As types for a second series of plants organized in this manner we may mention
a plant from British Guiana, the heliamphora ..."
3. Annual Report of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society for the Year by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1889)
"As types for a second series of plants organized in this manner we may mention
a plant from British Guiana, the heliamphora nutans and our common Trumpet ..."
4. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"heliamphora (Greek compound, meaning sun pitcher). ... the upper lands of British
Guiana, and rarely grown in choice glasshouse collections. heliamphora ..."
5. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"heliamphora b. ars its flowers in racemes; the flower has a simple petaloid
perianth, indefinite stamens, ..."
6. The wonders of plant life under the microscope by Sophia M'Ilvaine Bledsoe Herrick (1884)
"heliamphora. f, Petiole doubled to form pitcher; /, leaf, rudimentary lid; to,
wing, formed by non-adherent edges of petiole. [After Bentham. ..."
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