Pan India Bouquets

Monotropa hypopitys L.

Family : Monotropaceae
(Indian Pipe Family)
Family (Hindi name) : MONOTROPA FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : Ericaceae
Synonym(s) : Hypopitys americana (DC.) Nutt.; Hypopitys dentata Raf.; Hypopitys europaea Nutt.; Hypopitys fimbriata (A.Gray) Howell; Hypopitys glabra DC.; Hypopitys hypophegea (Wallr.) G.Don; Hypopitys hypopitys (L.) Small; Hypopitys insignata E.P.Bicknell; Hypopitys lanuginosa (Michx.) Raf.; Hypopitys lanuginosa var. rosea House; Hypopitys latisquama Rydb.; Hypopitys lutea Gray; Hypopitys monotropa Crantz; Hypopitys monotropa subsp. hypophegea (Wallr.) Tzvelev; Hypopitys multiflora Scop.; Hypopitys multiflora var. americana DC.; Hypopitys racemosa Raf.; Hypopitys rivini Rupp.Jun. ex Cess.Passer. & Gibelli; Hypopitys secunda Raf.; Hypopitys stricta Raf.; Monotropa abietina Dumort.; Monotropa chinensis Koidz.; Monotropa epirrhizium St.-Lag.; Monotropa fimbriata A.Gray; Monotropa flagrans Gilib.; Monotropa glabra Bernh. ex Rchb.; Monotropa hirsuta Hornem. ex Willk. & Lange; Monotropa hypophegea Wallr.; Monotropa hypopitys var. americana Domin; Monotropa hypopitys f. atricha (Domin) Kitag.; Monotropa hypopitys var. californica Domin; Monotropa hypopitys var. fimbriata Domin; Monotropa hypopitys subsp. lanuginosa (Michx.) H.Hara; Monotropa hypopitys var. latisquama (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles; Monotropa hypopitys f. rubra (Farw.) F.Seym.; Monotropa hypopitys var. rubra Farw.; Monotropa hypopitys f. subuniflora Domin; Monotropa hypoxya Spreng.; Monotropa japonica Franch. & Sav.; Monotropa lanuginosa Michx.; Monotropa lanuginosa var. glabriuscula Torr.; Monotropa lanuginosa var. rubra Torr.; Monotropa latisquama (Rydb.) Hultén; Monotropa multiflora Fritsch; Monotropa nepalensis Wall.; Monotropa nipponica H.Hara; Monotropa procera Eaton; Monotropa squamiformis Dulac; Monotropa taiwaniana S.S.Ying; Orobanche hypopitys (L.) Hill
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Monotropa hypopitys L.
Common name : Dutchman's pipe, False beech-drops, Pinesap, Yellow bird's-nest
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Shady cool broad-leaved and moist coniferous forests, 100 - 3280 m. altitude
Comments / notes : It does not contain chlorophyll; it is a myco-heterotroph, getting its food through parasitism upon fungi rather than photosynthesis. These fungi form a mycorrhiza with earby tree species.
Flower, Fruit : July-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
Native : Temperate Northern Hemisphere to Central America
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Temperate Northern Hemisphere to Central America
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 166; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 356
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Monotropa hypopitys. Downloaded on 29 June 2022.

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