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Taxon: Sarracenia purpurea L.

Genus: Sarracenia
Family: Sarraceniaceae.
Nomen number: 409890
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:510. 1753, nom. cons.
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Comment: conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Vienna ICBN Art. 14.9 & App. IV)
Name verified on: 04-Feb-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 29-May-2007
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 1 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN BECAUSE RARE OR ENDANGERED

Species on the following lists:


Common names:

  • common pitcherplant   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • huntsman's-cup   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • pitcherplant   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  • sweet pitcherplant   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • braunrote Schlauchpflanze   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  • flugtrumpet   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish

Economic importance:

More:

Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
    Western Canada: Canada - Manitoba, Saskatchewan
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana [n.], Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois [n.], Minnesota, Wisconsin
    Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia [e.]

References:

More:

Check other web resources for Sarracenia purpurea L.:


Images:

  • Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy
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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?409890 (19 May 2013)

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