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Monotropastrum
Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Monotropastrum is a small genus of myco-heterotrophic plants in the family Ericaceae. As currently circumscribed the group includes two species.[1]
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Distribution
The genus is found locally throughout much of southern and eastern Asia (Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Sikkim, Thailand, and Vietnam).[2]
Taxonomy
Based on morphological and molecular analyses, Monotropastrum has been placed in the Ericaceae subfamily Monotropoideae, and the tribe Monotropeae.[3]
List of species
- Monotropastrum humile (D.Don) H.Hara
- Monotropastrum sciaphilum (Andres) G.D. Wallace
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