Rank Genus | Higher classification Monotropoideae | |
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Similar Monotropastrum humile, Ericaceae, Monotropoideae, Monotropsis, Heaths | ||
Paratrechina ant visits monotropastrum flower
Monotropastrum is a small genus of myco-heterotrophic plants in the heath family (Ericaceae). As currently circumscribed the group includes two species.
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Paratrechina ants on monotropastrum flowers
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).
Taxonomy
Based on morphological and molecular analyses, Monotropastrum has been placed in the Ericaceae subfamily Monotropoideae, and the tribe Monotropeae.
List of species
References
Monotropastrum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA