Sarracenia psittacina

Taxobox
name = Parrot pitcher plant

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status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Sarraceniaceae
genus = "Sarracenia"
species = "S. psittacina"
binomial = "Sarracenia psittacina"
binomial_authority = Michx. (1803)
range_

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range_map_width = 200px
range_map_caption = "Sarracenia psittacina" range
synonyms =
*"Sarracenia calceolata"
Nutt. (1834)
*"Sarracenia pulchella"
Croom (1834)
*"Sarracenia rubra"
"auct. non" Walt.: Steud. (1821)

"Sarracenia psittacina", also known as the Parrot pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant in the genus "Sarracenia". Like all the "Sarracenia", it is native to the New World.

"S. psittacina" is not the most effective "Sarracenia" at catching arthropods.Fact|date=March 2007 It employs the same trapping mechanism as "Darlingtonia californica", using a small hole in the pitcher mouth, which an arthropod goes through in search of more nectar that was produced by the plant on the rim of the pitcher mouth. The prey is then confused by light shining through what appear to be false exits and falls down into the liquid inside the pitcher. Enzymes of the plant's own production then digest the insect.

Infraspecific taxa

*"Sarracenia psittacina" f. "heterophylla" J. & J.Ainsworth (1996) "nom.nud."
*"Sarracenia psittacina" var. "minor" Hook. (1834)

References

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