Ericaceae
Monotropa

Monotropa brittonii Small

First published in J. New York Bot. Gard. 27: 7 (1927)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. North Carolina to Florida. It is a holoparasite and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2020). https://etd.ohiolink.edu/apexprod/rws_etd/send_file/send?accession=osu1587574637151549&disposition=inline. epublication.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009). Flora of North America North of Mexico 8: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. [Cited as Monotropa uniflora.]
  • Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas. [Cited as Monotropa uniflora.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0