Family: Sarraceniaceae

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Last Modified 02/16/2012

List of Sarraceniaceae Genera

References to Sarraceniaceae

  • Ainsworth, J.; Ainsworth, J. 1996. Sarracenia: North American pitcher plants. National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens, Surrey, England. , 54 pages.
  • Burr, C. A. 1979. The pollination ecology of Sarracenia purpurea in Cranberry Bog, Weybridge, Vermont. M.S. Thesis Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT60 p.
  • Debuhr, L. E. 1975. Phylogenetic relationships of the Sarraceniaceae. Taxon 24: 297-306.
  • Deppe, J. L. et.al. 2000. Diel variation of sugar amount in nectar from pitchers of Saracenia purpurea L. with and without insect visitors. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 144: 123-132.
  • Ellison, A. M. 2001. Interspecific and intraspecific variation in seed size and germination requirements of Sarracenia (Sarraceniaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 88: 429-437.
  • Ellison, A. M. et.al. 2004. Morphological variation in Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae): geographic, environmental, and taxonomic correlates. Amer. J. Bot. 91: 1930-1935.
  • Ellison, A. M.; Gotelli, N. J. 2002. Nitrogen availability alters the expression of carnivory in northern pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99: 4409-4412.
  • Ellison, A. M.; Parker, J. N. 2002. Seed dispersal and seedling establishment of Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 89: 1024-1026.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 2009. Flora of North America. Volume 8. Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to Ericaceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. , 585 pages. (ISBN 9780195340266)
  • Godt, M. J. W.; Hamrick, J. L. 1998. Genetic divergence among infraspecific taxa of Sarracenia purpurea. Syst. Bot. 23: 427-438.
  • Gotsch, S. G.; Ellison, A. M. 1998. Seed germination of the northern pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea. Northeastern Naturalist 5: 175-82.
  • Hoekman, D. 2007. Top-down and bottom-up regulation in a detrius-based aquatic food web: a repeated field experiment using the pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) inquiline community. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 157: 52-62.
  • Lamont, E. 2008. Past and present status of Sarracenia purpurea on Long Island, New York. Long Island Botanical Society Newsletter 18: 28.
  • Mandossian, A. J. 1965. Some aspects of the ecological life history of Sarracenia purpurea. Ph.D. Dissertation Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI161 p.
  • McDaniel, S. 1971. The genus Sarrancenia (Sarraceniaceae). Bull. Tall Timbers Res. Sta. 9: 1-end.
  • McPherson, S. 2007. Pitcher plants of the Americas. McDonald & Woodward Publishing Co., Blacksburg, VA. , 320 pages. (ISBN 0939923750)
  • Ne'eman, G. et.al. 2006. Limits to reproductive success of Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 93: 1660-1666.
  • Newell, S. J.; Nastase, A. J. 1998. Efficiency of insect capture by Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae), the northern pitcher plant. Amer. J. Bot. 85: 88-91.
  • Oswald, W. W. et.al. 2011. Pollen morphology and its relationship to taxonomy of the genus Sarracenia (Sarraceniaceae). Rhodora 113: 235-251.
  • Rango, J. J. 1999. Summer phenology of aquatic insect communities inhabiting the leaves of the northern pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea L. Northeastern Naturalist 6: 19-30.
  • Reveal, J. L. 1993. The correct name of the northern expression of Sarracenia purpurea L. (Sarraceniaceae). Phytologia 74: 180-4.
  • Schneider, E. L.; Carlquist, S. 2004. Perforation plate pit membrane remnants in vessels of Sarraceniaceae: possible indicators of relationship and ecology. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 131: 1-7.
  • Schnell, D. E. 1998. A pitcher key to the genus Sarracenia L. (Sarraceniaceae). Castanea 63: 489-492.
  • Schnell, D. E. 1979. A critical review of published variants of Sarracenia purpurea L. Castanea 44: 47-59.
  • Thomas, D. D. 2002. Porpagation protocol for North American pitcher plants (Sarracenia L.). Native Plants J. 3: 50-53.
  • Wood, C. E. 1960. The genera of Sarraceniaceae and Droseraceae of the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor 41: 160-163.