Ericaceae
Monotropa

Monotropa hypopitys L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 387 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Temp. Northern Hemisphere to Central America. It is a holomycotrophic perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Louisiana, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Tuva, Ukraine, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
  • Barkalov, V.Y. & Hideki, T. (2009). Subfamily Monotropoideae (Ericaceae) in the Russian Far East: taxonomy and distribution. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 94: 877-884.
  • Barkalov, V.Y. (ed.) (1991). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 5: 1-388. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1978). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 6: 1-825. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009). Flora of North America North of Mexico 8: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (2001). Flora of Bhutan 2: 1-1675. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Yamazaki, T., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (1993). Flora of Japan IIIa: 1-482. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
  • Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.
  • Malyschev, L.I. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Siberia 11: 1-310. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Musselman, L.J. (2011). Checklist of Plants of Lebanon and Syria http://ww2.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/lebsyria/Checklist%20of%20Lebanon%20Plants.pdf.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pérez-Farrera, M.Á., Martínez-Camilo, R., Martínez-Meléndez, N., Farrera-Sarmiento, O. & Maza-Villalobos, S. (2012). Listado florístico del Cerro Quetzal (Polígono III) de la reserva de la biosfera El Triunfo, Chiapas, México. Botanical Sciences 90: 113-142.
  • Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2021). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 3: 1-331. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • Santisuk, T. & Larsen, K. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Thailand 7(2): 253-349. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 4: 1-482. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
  • Barkalov, V.Y. & Hideki, T. (2009). Subfamily Monotropoideae (Ericaceae) in the Russian Far East: taxonomy and distribution. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 94: 877-884.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1978). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 6: 1-825. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009). Flora of North America North of Mexico 8: 1-585. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • GBIF (2008-2020). Global Biodiversity Information Facility http://www.gbif.org/.
  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (2001). Flora of Bhutan 2: 1-1675. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
  • 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.
  • Kumar, S. (2012). Herbaceous flora of Jaunsar-Bawar (Uttarkhand), India: enumerations. Phytotaxonomy 12: 33-56.
  • Kurbatsky, V.I., Ebel, T.V. & Kuznetsov, A.A. (2009). To the study of the flora pf the Khakasian Republic. Sistematicheskie Zametki po Materialam Gerbarii Imeni P. N. Krylova pri Tomskom Gosudarstvennom Universitete 101: 23-30.
  • Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.
  • Lazkov, G.A. & Sultanova, B.A. (2011). Checklist of vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan. Norrlinia 24: 1-166.
  • Malyschev, L.I. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Siberia 11: 1-310. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Musselman, L.J. (2011). Checklist of Plants of Lebanon and Syria http://ww2.odu.edu/~lmusselm/plant/lebsyria/Checklist%20of%20Lebanon%20Plants.pdf.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Pérez-Farrera, M.Á., Martínez-Camilo, R., Martínez-Meléndez, N., Farrera-Sarmiento, O. & Maza-Villalobos, S. (2012). Listado florístico del Cerro Quetzal (Polígono III) de la reserva de la biosfera El Triunfo, Chiapas, México. Botanical Sciences 90: 113-142.
  • Santisuk, T. & Larsen, K. (eds.) (2000). Flora of Thailand 7(2): 253-349. The Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2005). Flora of China 14: 1-581. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 4: 1-482. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.
  • von Raab-Straube, E. & Raus, T. (eds.) (2019). Euro+Med-Checklist notulae, 10. Willdenowia 49: 95-115.
  • von Raab-Straube, E. (ed.) (2005-2022). The Euro+Med PlantBase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/query.asp.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 2000 Proctor, H.M. [3], Great Britain K000773289 Yes
Apr 25, 1973 Taylor, P.G. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773327 Yes
Apr 7, 1973 Sinnott, P.H. [978], Great Britain K000773298 Yes
Mar 25, 1973 Crosland, C. [456], Great Britain K000773307 Yes
Mar 25, 1973 Worsdell, W.C. [456], Great Britain K000773293 Unknown type material Yes
Mar 25, 1973 Murray, R.P. [s.n.], Great Britain K000773318 Yes
Mar 25, 1973 Green, M.L. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773314 Yes
Mar 25, 1973 Summerhayes, V.S. [2651], United Kingdom K000773329 Yes
Mar 25, 1973 Taylor, P. [456], Great Britain K000773328 Yes
Mar 25, 1973 Britton, C.E. [2533], United Kingdom K000773316 Yes
Mar 25, 1973 Thompson, W.J. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773309 Yes
Taylor, P. [1392], United Kingdom 11858.000 No
Summerhayes, V.S. [1610], United Kingdom 11859.000 No
Summerhayes, V.S. [1605], United Kingdom 2495.000 No
Ross-Craig, S. [526], United Kingdom 25825.000 No
Verdcourt, B. [4633E], France 32063.000 No
Wood, J.J. [368], Italy 40969.000 No
D'Ayala, R. [379], Great Britain K000773252 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773255 Yes
Britton, C.E. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773257 Yes
E.C.C. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773270 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773273 Yes
Evans, H.A. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773287 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773297 Yes
Stock, D. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773324 Yes
Lowne, B.T. [1053], Great Britain K000773283 Yes
Pearce, S.A. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773291 Yes
Britton, C.E. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773317 Yes
Shoolbred, W.A. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773263 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773313 Yes
Osborne, C. [1190], United Kingdom K000773253 Yes
Flippance, F. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773284 Yes
Britton, C.E. [1529], United Kingdom K000773315 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773272 Yes
Hosking, A. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773319 Yes
Black, A.O. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773302 Yes
Summerhayes, V.C. [2453], Great Britain K000773282 Yes
Burr, A.E. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773254 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773296 Yes
Crosfield, A.J. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773306 Yes
Butler [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773262 Yes
Britton, C.E. [3247], United Kingdom K000773312 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773304 Yes
Reeves, W.W. [939], United Kingdom K000773321 Yes
Devis, H.F. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773285 Yes
Shrubbs, A.S. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773264 Yes
Makins, F.K. [1331], United Kingdom K000773259 Yes
Stephens, H.O. [712], United Kingdom K000773271 Yes
Bland Wood, J. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773295 Yes
Parker, M. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773279 Yes
Rawlings, S. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773292 Yes
Airy Shaw, H.K. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773308 Yes
Massey, H.G. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773311 Yes
Melville, R. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773290 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773260 Yes
Mcconnel, R.W. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773322 Yes
Ballard, F. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773258 Yes
Britton, C.E. [3262], United Kingdom K000773278 Yes
Hosking, A. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773320 Yes
Hunt, G.E. [s.n.], Great Britain K000773261 Yes
Smith, G. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773294 Yes
Last, G.V.C. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773277 Yes
Marten, J. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773265 Yes
Cole, L.W. [269], United Kingdom K000773280 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773256 Yes
Sprague, T.A. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773266 Yes
Black, A.O. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773301 Yes
Summerhayes, V.S. [1605], United Kingdom K000773323 Yes
Stevens, W. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773305 Yes
Leighton, W.A. [K000773269], United Kingdom K000773269 Yes
Worsdell, W.C. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773310 Yes
Bray, G. [H.1483, 1982.], United Kingdom K000773288 Yes
Summerhayes, V.S. [1392], United Kingdom K000773281 Yes
Southey Hill, R. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773325 Yes
Gregor, A.G. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773326 Yes
Garside, S. [s.n.], United Kingdom K000773303 Yes
Pursh [55], Northern America Hypopitys lanuginosa K000780984 Yes
Howell, T.J. [s.n.], Oregon Hypopitys fimbriata K000780985 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images