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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 [[Sarracenia|main article on ''Sarracenia'']]. |
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[[Image:Buoyancy.svg|thumb|right|250px|The forces at work in buoyancy]] |
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===Species list=== |
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In [[physics]], '''buoyancy''' ([[British English|BrE]] [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: {{IPA|/ˈbɔɪənsi/}}) is the upward [[force]] on an object produced by the surrounding liquid or gas in which it is fully or partially immersed, due to the [[pressure]] difference of the fluid between the top and bottom of the object. The net upward buoyancy force is equal to the magnitude of the weight of fluid displaced by the body. This force enables the object to float or at least to seem lighter. Buoyancy is important for many [[vehicle]]s such as [[boat]]s, [[ship]]s, [[balloon]]s, and [[airship]]s, and plays a role in diverse natural phenomena such as [[sedimentation]]. |
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[[Image:Sarracenia rubra ne.JPG|thumb|''Sarracenia rubra'' ssp. ''gulfensis'']] |
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*''[[Sarracenia alata]]'' : Pale pitcher plant |
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*''[[Sarracenia flava]]'' : Yellow pitcher plant |
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**''Sarracenia flava'' var. ''atropurpurea'' |
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**''Sarracenia flava'' var. ''cuprea'' |
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**''Sarracenia flava'' var. ''maxima'' |
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**''Sarracenia flava'' var. ''ornata'' |
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**''Sarracenia flava'' var. ''rubricorpora'' |
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**''Sarracenia flava'' var. ''rugelii'' |
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*''[[Sarracenia leucophylla]]'' : White pitcher plant |
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*''[[Sarracenia minor]]'' : Hooded pitcher plant |
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**''Sarracenia minor'' var. ''okefenokeensis'' |
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*''[[Sarracenia oreophila]]'' : Green pitcher plant |
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*''[[Sarracenia psittacina]]'' : Parrot pitcher plant |
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*''[[Sarracenia purpurea]]'' : Purple pitcher plant |
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**''Sarracenia purpurea'' subsp. ''purpurea'' f. ''heterophylla'' |
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**''Sarracenia purpurea'' subsp. ''venosa'' : Southern pitcher plant |
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***''Sarracenia purpurea'' subsp. ''venosa'' var. ''burkii'' |
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****''Sarracenia purpurea'' subsp. ''venosa'' var. ''burkii'' f. ''luteola'' |
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***''Sarracenia purpurea'' subsp. ''venosa'' var. ''montana'' |
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*''[[Sarracenia rosea]]'' |
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*''[[Sarracenia rubra]]'' : Sweet pitcher plant |
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**''Sarracenia rubra'' subsp. ''alabamensis'' : Alabama pitcher plant |
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**''Sarracenia rubra'' subsp. ''gulfensis'' : Gulf coast pitcher plant |
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**''Sarracenia rubra'' subsp. ''jonesii'' |
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**''Sarracenia rubra'' subsp. ''wherryi'' : Red pitcher plant |
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''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''). |
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== Archimedes' principle == |
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===Common hybrids=== |
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It is named after Archimedes of [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]], who first discovered this law. According to Archimedes' Principle, "any body fully or partially submerged in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced." |
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[[Image:Sarracenia 2.jpg|thumb|''Sarracenia'' hybrid]] |
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[[Image:SFlavaXSRosea.JPG|thumb|Wild ''Sarracenia flava'' x ''S. rosea'' in NW Florida]] |
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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. |
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''Sarracenia'' hybrids are completely fertile and can be crossed back with the primary species or other hybrids. |
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[[Vitruvius]] ([[De architectura]] IX.9–12) recounts the famous story of Archimedes making this discovery while in the bath (for which see [[Eureka (word)|eureka]]) but the actual record of Archimedes' discoveries appears in his two-volume work, ''On Floating Bodies''. The ancient [[Chinese people|Chinese]] child prodigy [[Cao Chong]] also applied the principle of buoyancy in order to measure the accurate weight of an elephant, as described in the [[Sanguo Zhi]]. |
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* ''Sarracenia × catesbaei'' = ''S. flava'' × ''S. purpurea'' |
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This is true only as long as one can neglect the [[surface tension]] (capillarity) acting on the body.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weizmann.ac.il/home/fnfal/papers/Natfloat.pdf|title=www.weizmann.ac.il/home/fnfal/papers/Natfloat.pdf |title=Floater clustering in a standing wave: Capillarity effects drive hydrophilic or hydrophobic particles to congregate at specific points on a wave | date=2005-06-23 |format=PDF}}</ref> |
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* ''Sarracenia × moorei'' = ''S. flava'' × ''S. leucophylla'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × popei'' = ''S. flava'' × ''S. rubra'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × harperi'' = ''S. flava'' × ''S. minor'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × alava'' = ''S. flava'' × ''S. alata'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × mitchelliana'' = ''S. purpurea'' × ''S. leucophylla'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × exornata'' = ''S. purpurea'' × ''S. alata'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × chelsonii'' = ''S. purpurea'' × ''S. rubra'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × swaniana'' = ''S. purpurea'' × ''S. minor'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × courtii'' = ''S. purpurea'' × ''S. psittacina'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × pureophila'' = ''S. purpurea'' × ''S. oreophila'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × readii'' = ''S. leucophylla'' × ''S. rubra'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × farnhamii'' = ''S. leucophylla'' × ''S. rubra'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × excellens'' = ''S. leucophylla'' × ''S. minor'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × cantabridgensis'' = ''S. leucophylla'' × ''S. minor'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × areolata'' = ''S. leucophylla'' × ''S. alata'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × wrigleyana'' = ''S. leucophylla'' × ''S. psittacina'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × ahlesii'' = ''S. alata'' × ''S. rubra'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × rehderi'' = ''S. rubra'' × ''S. minor'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × gilpini'' = ''S. rubra'' × ''S. psittacina'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × formosa'' = ''S. minor'' × ''S. psittacina'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × mineophila'' = ''S. minor'' × ''S. oreophila'' |
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* ''Sarracenia × psittata'' = ''S. psittacina'' × ''S. alata'' |
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==References== |
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The weight of the displaced fluid is directly proportional to the volume of the displaced fluid (specifically if the surrounding fluid is of uniform density). Thus, among objects with equal masses, the one with greater volume has greater buoyancy. |
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* D’Amato, Peter, ''The Savage Garden'', Berkeley 1998, ISBN 0-89815-915-6 |
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Suppose a rock's weight is measured as 10 [[newtons]] when suspended by a string in a vacuum. Suppose that when the rock is lowered by the string into water, it displaces water of weight 3 newtons. The force it then exerts on the string from which it hangs will be 10 newtons minus the 3 newtons of buoyant force: 10 − 3 = 7 newtons. This same principle even reduces the apparent weight of objects that have sunk completely to the sea floor, such as the sunken battleship [[USS Arizona (BB-39)|USS ''Arizona'']] at [[Pearl Harbor]], Hawaii. It is generally easier to lift an object up through the water than it is to finally pull it out of the water. |
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{{CarnivorousPlants}} |
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The density of the immersed object relative to the density of the fluid is easily calculated without measuring any volumes: |
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:<math> \frac { \mbox{Density of Object}} { \mbox {Density of Fluid} } = \frac { \mbox{Weight} } { \mbox{Weight} - \mbox{Apparent immersed weight} }\,</math> |
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== Forces and equilibrium == |
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Pressure increases with height above the surface of a liquid. Any object with a non-zero vertical height will see different pressures on its top and bottom, with the pressure on the bottom being greater. This difference in pressure causes the upward buoyancy force. |
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The magnitude of buoyant force may be appreciated from the following argument. Consider any object of arbitrary shape and volume <math>V\,</math> surrounded by a liquid. . The [[force]] the surrounding body of liquid exerts on an object within the liquid is equal to the weight of the liquid with a volume equal to that of the object and directed opposite to gravitational force. That is, of magnitude: |
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:<math>\rho V g \,</math> , where <math>\rho\,</math> is the [[density]] of the liquid, <math>V\,</math> is the volume of the body of liquid , and <math>g\,</math> is the [[gravitational acceleration]] at the location in question. |
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Now, if we replace this volume of liquid by a solid body of the exact same shape, the force the surrounding body of liquid exerts on it must be exactly the same as above. In other words the "buoyant force" on a submerged body is directed in the opposite direction to gravity and is equal in magnitude to : |
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:<math>\rho V g \,</math> |
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The net force on the object is thus the sum of the buoyant force and the object's weight |
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:<math>F_\mathrm{net} = m g - \rho V g \,</math> |
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If the buoyancy of an (unrestrained and unpowered) object exceeds its weight, it tends to rise. An object whose weight exceeds its buoyancy tends to sink. |
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Commonly, the object in question is floating in equilbrium and the sum of the forces on the object is zero, therefore; |
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:<math>mg\mathrm = \rho V g \,</math> |
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and therefore; |
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:<math>m\mathrm = \rho V \,</math> |
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showing that the depth to which a floating object will sink (its "'''buoyancy'''") is independent of the variation of the [[gravitational acceleration ]] at various locations on the surface of the Earth. |
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:(''Note: If the liquid in question is [[seawater]], it will not have the same [[density]] ( <math> \rho\ </math> ) at every location on the [[Earth]]. For this reason, a ship may display a [[Plimsoll line]].)'' |
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It is common to define a ''buoyant mass'' ''m''<sub>b</sub> that represents the effective [[mass]] of the object with respect to gravity |
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:<math> |
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m_{b} = m_{\mathrm{o}} \cdot \left( 1 - \frac{\rho_{\mathrm{f}}}{\rho_{\mathrm{o}}} \right)\, |
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</math> |
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where <math>m_{\mathrm{o}}\,</math> is the true (vacuum) mass of the object, whereas ρ<sub>o</sub> and ρ<sub>f</sub> are the average densities of the object and the surrounding fluid, respectively. Thus, if the two densities are equal, ρ<sub>o</sub> = ρ<sub>f</sub>, the object appears to be weightless. If the fluid density is greater than the average density of the object, the object floats; if less, the object sinks. |
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=== Compressive fluids === |
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The atmosphere's density depends upon altitude. As an [[airship]] rises in the atmosphere, its buoyancy reduces as the density of the surrounding air reduces. The density of water is essentially constant: as a [[submarine]] expels water from its buoyancy tanks (by pumping them full of air) it rises because its volume stays the same (the volume of water it displaces if it is fully submerged) while its weight is decreased. |
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=== Compressible objects === |
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As a floating object rises or falls the forces external to it change and, as all objects are compressible to some extent or another, so does the object's volume. Buoyancy depends on volume and so an object's buoyancy reduces if it is compressed and increases if it expands. |
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If an object at equilibrium has a [[compressibility]] less than that of the surrounding fluid, the object's equilibrium is stable and it remains at rest. If, however, its compressibility is greater, its equilibrium is then [[unstable]], and it rises and expands on the slightest upward perturbation, or falls and compresses on the slightest downward perturbation. |
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Submarines rise and dive by filling large tanks with seawater. To dive, the tanks are opened to allow air to exhaust out the top of the tanks, while the water flows in from the bottom. Once the weight has been balanced so the overall density of the submarine is equal to the water around it, it has neutral buoyancy and will remain at that depth. Normally, precautions are taken to ensure that no air has been left in the tanks. If air were left in the tanks and the submarine were to descend even slightly, the increased pressure of the water would compress the remaining air in the tanks, reducing its volume. Since buoyancy is a function of volume, this would cause a decrease in buoyancy, and the submarine would continue to descend. |
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The height of a balloon tends to be stable. As a balloon rises it tends to increase in volume with reducing atmospheric pressure, but the balloon's cargo does not expand. The average density of the balloon decreases less, therefore, than that of the surrounding air. The balloon's buoyancy reduces because the weight of the displaced air is reduced. A rising balloon tends to stop rising. Similarly a sinking balloon tends to stop sinking. |
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== Density == |
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If the weight of an object is less than the weight of the fluid the object would displace if it were fully submerged, then the object has an average density less than the fluid and has a buoyancy greater than its weight. If the fluid has a surface, such as water in a lake or the sea, the object will float at a level where it displaces the same weight of fluid as the weight of the object. If the object is immersed in the fluid, such as a submerged submarine or air in a balloon, it will tend to rise. |
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If the object has exactly the same density as the fluid, then its buoyancy equals its weight. It will tend neither to sink nor float. |
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An object with a higher average density than the fluid has less buoyancy than weight and it will sink. |
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A ship floats because although it is made of steel, which is more dense than water, it encloses a volume of air and the resulting shape has an average density less than that of the water. |
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== References == |
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{{Unreferenced|date=January 2008}} |
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== See also == |
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<div style="-moz-column-count:4; column-count:4;"> |
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* [[Buoy]] |
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* [[Buoyancy compensator (diving)|Buoyancy compensator]] |
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* [[Cartesian diver]] |
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* [[Diving weighting system]] |
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* [[Fluid statics|Hydrostatics]] |
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* [[Hull (ship)]] |
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* [[Hydrometer]] |
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* [[Lighter than air]] |
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* [[Naval architecture]] |
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* [[Pontoon (boat)|Pontoon]] |
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* [[Quicksand]] |
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* [[Salt fingering]] |
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* [[Submarine]] |
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* [[Thrust]] |
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* [[Plimsoll line]] |
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</div> |
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== External links == |
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*[http://www.bigs.de/en/shop/htm/wssab01.html Falling in Water (Animation 1)] |
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*[http://www.bigs.de/en/shop/htm/wasser01.html Falling in Water (Animation 2)] |
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*[http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy99/phy99x88.htm Falling in Water] |
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*[http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=VDSYXmvjg6M Buoyancy & Density - Video] |
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*[http://www.juliantrubin.com/bigten/archimedesprinciple.html Archimedes' Principle] - background and experiment |
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[[Category:Fundamental physics concepts]] |
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Revision as of 05:06, 11 October 2008
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.
Species 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 purpurea subsp. venosa var. burkii
- 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