Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Pitcherplant
Description
Physical Description
Habit: Forb/herb
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
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)
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
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)
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
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)
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
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)
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Spermatopsida
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)
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Asteridae
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)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Sarracenianae
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)
- Thorne Ex Reveal, 1993
- Order:
Ericales
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)
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Sarraceniaceae
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)
- Dumortier, 1829
- Genus:
Sarracenia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1753
- Specific epithet:
exornata
- S.G. (pro sp.)
- Botanical name: - Sarracenia exornata S.G. (pro sp.)
- Specific epithet:
exornata
- S.G. (pro sp.)
- Genus:
Sarracenia
(
- Family:
Sarraceniaceae
(
- Order:
Ericales
(
- Superorder:
Sarracenianae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Sarracenia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 167 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
S. x swaniana (Hybrid Pitcher Plant) · S. ahlesii (Ahles' Pitcherplant) · S. alata (Pale Pitcher Plant) · S. alata f. pubescens (Tall Pitcher) · S. alata 'Green' (Tall Pitcher) · S. alata 'Orange Sunset' (Tall Pitcher) · S. areolata (Pitcherplant) · S. catesbaei (Catesby's Pitcherplant) · S. chelsonii (Chelson's Pitcherplant) · S. courtii (Court's Pitcherplant) · S. excellens (Pitcherplant) · S. exornata (Pitcherplant) · S. flava (Biscuit-Flower) · S. flava var. atropurpurea (Tall Pitcher) · S. flava var. cuprea 'Copper Lid' (Tall Pitcher) · S. flava var. maxima (Tall Pitcher) · S. flava var. ornata (Tall Pitcher) · S. flava 'All Green' (Tall Pitcher) · S. formosa (Pitcherplant) · S. gilpinii (Gilpin's Pitcherplant) · S. harperi (Harper's Pitcherplant) · S. leucophylla (Crimson Pitcherplant) · S. leucophylla var. pubescens (Tall Pitcher) · S. leucophylla 'Schnell's Ghost' (Schnell's Ghost White Topped Pitcher Plant) · S. leucophylla 'Tarnok' (Crimson Pitcherplant) · S. minor (Hooded Pitcher Plant) · S. minor 'Okefenokee Giant' (Giant Hooded Pitcher Plant) · S. mitchelliana (Hybrid Pitcher Plant) · S. moorei (Moore's Pitcherplant) · S. oreophila (Green Pitcher Plant) · S. psittacina (Parrot Pitcher Plant) · S. purpurea (Common Pitcher Plant) · S. purpurea f. heterophylla (Pitcher) · S. purpurea gibbosa (Huntsman´s-Cup) · S. purpurea purpurea (Huntsman´s-Cup) · S. purpurea purpurea var. Purpurea (Purple Pitcher Plant) · S. purpurea var. burkii (Pitcher Plant) · S. purpurea var. montana (Purple Pitcherplant) · S. purpurea var. purpurea (Purple Pitcherplant) · S. purpurea venosa var. purpurea (Huntsman´s-Cup) · S. purpurea subsp. gibbosa (Purple Pitcherplant) · S. readii (Hybrid Pitcher Plant) · S. rehderi (Rehder's Pitcherplant) · S. rubra (Sweet Pitcher Plant) · S. rubra alabamensis (Alabama Canebrake Pitcher Plant) · S. rubra gulfensis (Gulf Pitcherplant) · S. rubra jonesii (Mountain Sweet Pitcherplant) · S. rubra rubra (Sweet Pitcher Plant) · S. rubra wherryi (Wherry's Pitcherplant) · S. rubra subsp. alabamensis (Alabama Canebrake Pitcher-Plant) · S. rubra subsp. gulfensis (Gulf Pitcherplant) · S. rubra subsp. gulfensis 'Green' (Tall Pitcher) · S. rubra subsp. jonesii (Mountain Sweet Pitcher-Plant) · S. rubra subsp. wherryi (Wherry's Pitcherplant) · S. umlauftiana (Hybrid Pitcher Plant) · S. wrigleyana (Scarlet Belle Pitcher Plant) · S. x (Ahles' Pitcherplant) · S. x ahlesii (Pitcher Plant) · S. x alava (Pitcher Plant) · S. x areolata (Pitcher Plant) · S. × catesbaei (Catesby's Pitcher Plant) · S. x chelsonii (Pitcher Plant) · S. × courtii (Court's Pitcherplant) · S. x excellens (Hybrid Pitcher Plant) · S. x exornata (Pitcher) · S. x farnhamii (Pitcher Plant) · S. x formosa (Pitcher Plant) · S. x gilpinii (Pitcher Plant) · S. x harperi (Pitcher Plant) · S. x melanorhoda (Pitcher Plant) · S. x mineophila (Pitcher Plant) · S. x miniata (Pitcher Plant) · S. x mitchelliana (Pitcher Plant) · S. x moorei (Pitcher Plant) · S. × popei (Pope's Pitcherplant) · S. x pureophila (Pitcher Plant) · S. × readii (Read's Pitcherplant) · S. x rehderi (Pitcher Plant) · S. x swaniana (Pitcher Plant) · S. x umlauftiana (Pitcher Plant) · S. x willisii (Pitcher Plant) · S. x wrigleyana (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Abandoned Hope' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Adrian Slack' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Anxious Debate' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Big Mama' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Blackankle' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Blackened Redfish' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Black Tube' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Boob Tube' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Brook's Hybrid' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Brunswick Beauty' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Bug Pipes' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Bug Scoop' (Tall Pitcher) · S. 'Burgundy' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Carolina Cooler' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Case's Resolve' (Hybrid Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Chas' Brew' (Pitcher Plant) · S. 'Citronelli' (Pitcher) · S. 'Claret' (Pitcher Plant)
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Further Reading
- Bulletin of miscellaneous information. Additional Series. Royal Gardens, Kew. 4 1900 [Kew, Surrey: Royal Botanic Gardens], 1898-1936; url p. 358.
- Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geo by L.H. Bailey assisted by Wilhelm Miller, PH. D., associate editor, and many expert cultivators and botanists. Illustrated with nearly three thousand engravings and one hundred and forty-five full-pa New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. url p. 1616.
- The Florists' exchange: a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general. New York, N.Y.: [A.T. De la Mare Ptg. and Pub. Co., url p. 811.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 13, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9488866
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-195676
- GRIN Nomen Number: 430796
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 195676
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: SAEX4
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 61486
