List of Sarracenia species and hybrids

The following is a list of species belonging to the North American pitcher plant genus ("Sarracenia"). For general information on North American pitcher plants, please see the main article on "Sarracenia".

pecies list

*"Sarracenia alata" : Pale pitcher plant
*"Sarracenia flava" : Yellow pitcher plant
**"Sarracenia flava" var. "atropurpurea"
**"Sarracenia flava" var. "cuprea"
**"Sarracenia flava" var. "maxima"
**"Sarracenia flava" var. "ornata"
**"Sarracenia flava" var. "rubricorpora"
**"Sarracenia flava" var. "rugelii"
*"Sarracenia leucophylla" : White pitcher plant
*"Sarracenia minor" : Hooded pitcher plant
**"Sarracenia minor" var. "okefenokeensis"
*"Sarracenia oreophila" : Green pitcher plant
*"Sarracenia psittacina" : Parrot pitcher plant
*"Sarracenia purpurea" : Purple pitcher plant
**"Sarracenia purpurea" subsp. "purpurea" f. "heterophylla"
**"Sarracenia purpurea" subsp. "venosa" : Southern pitcher plant
***"Sarracenia purpurea" subsp. "venosa" var. "burkii"
****"Sarracenia purpurea" subsp. "venosa" var. "burkii" f. "luteola"
***"Sarracenia purpurea" subsp. "venosa" var. "montana"
*"Sarracenia rosea"
*"Sarracenia rubra" : Sweet pitcher plant
**"Sarracenia rubra" subsp. "alabamensis" : Alabama pitcher plant
**"Sarracenia rubra" subsp. "gulfensis" : Gulf coast pitcher plant
**"Sarracenia rubra" subsp. "jonesii"
**"Sarracenia rubra" subsp. "wherryi" : Red pitcher plant

"Sarracenia rubra" is arguably a complex of several species and subspecies (including "S. rubra (senso stricto)", "S. gulfensis", "S. wherryi," "S. jonesii," and "S. alabamensis").

Common hybrids

These species are all popularly cultivated by carnivorous plant enthusiasts, and there are consequently a large number of hybrids and cultivars: "S. × catesbaei" being the very common cross between "S. flava" and "S. purpurea". Many of these hybrids occur naturally in the wild where special ranges overlap. The following is a list of named hybrids. Many of these names are relics of a time when these hybrids - when found in the wild - were thought to be species of their own.

"Sarracenia" hybrids are completely fertile and can be crossed back with the primary species or other hybrids.

* "Sarracenia × catesbaei" = "S. flava" × "S. purpurea"
* "Sarracenia × moorei" = "S. flava" × "S. leucophylla"
* "Sarracenia × popei" = "S. flava" × "S. rubra"
* "Sarracenia × harperi" = "S. flava" × "S. minor"
* "Sarracenia × alava" = "S. flava" × "S. alata"
* "Sarracenia × mitchelliana" = "S. purpurea" × "S. leucophylla"
* "Sarracenia × exornata" = "S. purpurea" × "S. alata"
* "Sarracenia × chelsonii" = "S. purpurea" × "S. rubra"
* "Sarracenia × swaniana" = "S. purpurea" × "S. minor"
* "Sarracenia × courtii" = "S. purpurea" × "S. psittacina"
* "Sarracenia × pureophila" = "S. purpurea" × "S. oreophila"
* "Sarracenia × readii" = "S. leucophylla" × "S. rubra"
* "Sarracenia × farnhamii" = "S. leucophylla" × "S. rubra"
* "Sarracenia × excellens" = "S. leucophylla" × "S. minor"
* "Sarracenia × cantabridgensis" = "S. leucophylla" × "S. minor"
* "Sarracenia × areolata" = "S. leucophylla" × "S. alata"
* "Sarracenia × wrigleyana" = "S. leucophylla" × "S. psittacina"
* "Sarracenia × ahlesii" = "S. alata" × "S. rubra"
* "Sarracenia × rehderi" = "S. rubra" × "S. minor"
* "Sarracenia × gilpini" = "S. rubra" × "S. psittacina"
* "Sarracenia × formosa" = "S. minor" × "S. psittacina"
* "Sarracenia × mineophila" = "S. minor" × "S. oreophila"
* "Sarracenia × psittata" = "S. psittacina" × "S. alata"

References

* D’Amato, Peter, "The Savage Garden", Berkeley 1998, ISBN 0-89815-915-6