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Sarracenia rubra

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Sweet Pitcherplant

G3Vulnerable (G3G4) Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G3VulnerableGlobal Rank
PSESA Status
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.950262
Element CodePDSAR020T0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
CITESAppendix II
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderNepenthales
FamilySarraceniaceae
GenusSarracenia
USESAPS
Concept Reference
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2009. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 8. Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to Ericaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 585 pp.
Taxonomic Comments
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (vol. 8, 2009) elevates Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii to full species as S. jonesii and transfers S. rubra ssp. alabamensis (= S. alabamensis ssp. alabamensis) and S. rubra ssp. wherryi (= S. alabamensis ssp. wherryi) to S. alabamensis. FNA (vol 8, 2009) recognized two subspecies in S. rubra, ssp. gulfensis, and ssp. rubra. Rice (2018) also recognizes this concept of S. rubra and recognizes S. rubra, ssp. gulfensis, and ssp. rubra, and additionally describes a third subspecies, S. rubra ssp. viatorum. Weakley (2020, Oct. draft) accepts this new subspecies and indicates that his treatment of ssp. gulfensis and ssp. rubra are the same as those accepted in FNA (2009).
Conservation Status
Review Date2015-08-12
Change Date2015-08-12
Range Extent Comments
Southeastern and south-central North Carolina south to south-central Georgia; ssp. gulfensis extends the range to the Florida Panhandle (Weakley 2020).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
North CarolinaSNRYes
FloridaSNRYes
South CarolinaSNRYes
GeorgiaS2Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)Yes
Roadless Areas (2)
North Carolina (1)
AreaForestAcres
Pocosin AdditionCroatan National Forest286
South Carolina (1)
AreaForestAcres
Hellhole ExtFrancis Marion National Forest891
References (5)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2009. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 8. Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to Ericaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 585 pp.
  2. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  3. Rice, B.A. 2018. The long overdue recognition of <i>Sarracenia rubra </i>subsp. <i>viatorum. </i>Carnivorous Plant Newsletter 47(4): 152-159.
  4. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 2011. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; partial 90-day finding on a petition to list 404 species in the southeastern United States as threatened or endangered with critical habitat. Federal Register 76(187):59836-59862.
  5. Weakley, A.S. 2020. Flora of the Southeastern United States. 20 October 2020 Edition. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.