Pinguicula moranensis

Tailed fat (Pinguicula moranensis )

The fat tailed (Pinguicula moranensis ) is a carnivorous plant in the genus of herbs in the fat section Orcheosanthus. It is native to Mexico and Guatemala, and was first described in 1817 by Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland and Karl Sigismund Kunth.

Description

To the winter, the plant again forms a Winter rose with a diameter of only 5 mm and larger leaves from the spring. The fleshy, light green ( reddened in a sunny location ), then form a flat oval leaves lying on the ground with rosette up to 20 cm in diameter. On the surface, the leaves are sticky from catching secretion with which it captures small insects (eg fungus gnats, ants) and, once prey is obtained, digested by enzymes. From May to August flowers Pinguicula moranensis on an up to 25 cm high, growing from the center of the rosette flower stems red with white throat in individual, zygomorpher, long Spurred flower with 5 cm diameter.

Dissemination

The tailed fat herb is native to Central America with properties in Mexico and Guatemala. It is the fat herb with the largest distribution area of the section Orcheosanthus. It prefers alkaline, gypsum-based locations in sparse pine and oak forests and temperate mountain forests.

System

The first description was by the German botanist Karl Sigismund Kunth, of the plant on the basis of the Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland on their big trip to South America ( 1799-1804 ) collected plant material in 1818 in the second volume of his seven -volume work Nova genera et species plantarum quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt Bonpland et Humboldt described. A synonym is the Diederich Franz Leonhard 1832, drawn up by Schlechtendal taxon Pinguicula caudata.

Swell

• Wilhelm Barthlott, Stefan Porembski, Rüdiger Seine, Inge Theisen: carnivores. Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-4144-2.
• Jean -Jacques Labat: Carnivorous plants. Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3582-5.