Sarracenia purpurea L.
(Pitcher Plant, Pitcherplant)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSarracenia purpurea (Pitcher Plant, Pitcherplant)
GenusSarracenia (a genus of flowering plants)
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Marren, P. 2002 The deadly world of Britain’s carnivorous plants British Wildlife Vol 13, No 5: 327-334.

Sarracenia purpurea (Pitcher Plant, Pitcherplant) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sarracenia purpurea (Pitcher Plant, Pitcherplant)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sarracenia purpurea (Pitcher Plant, Pitcherplant)
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