Monotropaceae


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Noun1.Monotropaceae - used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes
family Monotropaceae
dilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Ericales, order Ericales - Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceae
genus Monotropa, Monotropa - leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae
genus Hypopitys, Hypopitys - term used in some classifications for the pinesaps, which are usually included in the genus Monotropa
genus Sarcodes, Sarcodes - snow plant; in some classifications placed in family Pyrolaceae
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For example, some authors placed the autotrophic members in family Pyrolaceae and the mycoheterotrophic members in family Monotropaceae (e.g.
The phylogenetic position of subfamily Monotropoideae (Ericaceae) inferred from large ribosomal subunit (26S) rRNA gene DNA sequences
A BTS 1600 MONOTROPACEAE (1/1) * Monotropa hypopitys L.
Plantas vasculares y vegetacion de la parte alta del arroyo Agua Fria, municipio de Minatitlan, Colima, Mexico
Despite the frequent demands for more investigation of myco-heterotrophic plants, particularly on species not in Orchidaceae and Monotropaceae (Hadley 1986, Leake 1994, Smith and Read 1997), we are only gradually learning more on that subject.
Subterranean structures and mycotrophy of the achlorophyllous Dictyostega orobanchoides (Burmanniaceae)

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