SARRACENIACEAE
(pitcher plants)

Interactions where SARRACENIACEAE is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
pitcher is predator of INSECTA true insects Flora of the British Isles, Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2), Stace, C., 1997
 /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Sarraceniaceae/Sarraceniaceaepitcher plantspitcher Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Insectatrue insects

Author & YearTitleSource
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985Flora of the British Isles3 edition, 688pp, Cambridge University Press
Stace, C., 1997New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2)Second edition edition, 1130pp, Cambridge University Press

SARRACENIACEAE (pitcher plants) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Sarracenia
a genus of flowering plants
Genus 2 subtaxa 1 trophisms 2 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySARRACENIACEAE (pitcher plants)
OrderERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for SARRACENIACEAE (pitcher plants)

SARRACENIACEAE (pitcher plants) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Darwin, C. 1875 Insectivorous Plants 463pp

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to SARRACENIACEAE (pitcher plants):

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