Sarracenia rosea

Taxobox
name = "Sarracenia rosea"

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image_caption = "Sarracenia rosea" from Florida
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ericales
familia = Sarraceniaceae
genus = "Sarracenia"
species = "S. rosea"
binomial = "Sarracenia rosea"
binomial_authority = Naczi, Case & R.B.Case
subdivision_ranks = Forms
subdivision = "S. rosea" f. "luteola" (Hanrahan & James M.Mill.) Naczi, Case & R.B.Case
synonyms = "S. purpurea" subsp. "venosa" var. "burkii"

"Sarracenia rosea" is a newly named species that was formally known as "S. purpurea" subsp. "venosa" var. "burkii" and commonly known as Burke's Southern Pitcher Plant. The proposition for the plant to be named a new species arose in 1999. This proposition was based on three main factors. The first is that the plant has larger flowers on shorter stalks. Secondly, the plant has light pink petals, a feature no other species in the genus exhibits. Thirdly, the plant has a somewhat different pitcher structure than "Sarracenia purpurea". [Rice, B.A. (2006). [http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5542.html The Carnivorous Plant FAQ: "Sarracenia rosea"] . Accessed 1 June 2007.] A form which lacks anthocyanins has been described as "Sarracenia rosea" f. "luteola".

The species is native to the southeastern United States Gulf Coast, and has been found from Mississippi to Georgia. However, the areas in which the plant occurs are being developed, so the species's habitat is threatened. However along with "Sarracenia psittacina", this species readily colonizes drainage ditches along highways throughout the gulf states providing a somewhat more sustainable albeit less natural habitat. "S. rosea" is appreciably more shade-tolerant than the other members of the genus.

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Further reading

*Naczi, R.F.C., "et al." 1999. "Sarracenia rosea" (Sarraceniaceae), a new species of pitcher plant from the southeastern United States." "Sida" 18: 1183–1206.