Pan India Bouquets

Monotropastrum humile (D.Don) H.Hara

Family : Monotropaceae
(Indian Pipe Family)
Family (Hindi name) : MONOTROPA FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : Ericaceae
Synonym(s) : Cheilotheca humilis (D.Don) H.Keng; Cheilotheca humilis f. glaberrima (H.Hara) S.S.Ying; Cheilotheca humilis var. glaberrima (H.Hara) Keng & C.F.Hsieh; Cheilotheca humilis var. pubescens (K.F.Wu) C.Ling; Cheilotheca humilis var. tripetala (Makino) S.S.Ying; Cheilotheca macrocarpa (Andrews) Y.L.Chou; Cheilotheca pubescens (K.F.Wu) Y.L.Chou; Monotropa humilis D.Don; Monotropa uniflora var. tripetala Makino; Monotropanthum ampullaceum Andres; Monotropastrum ampullaceum Andres; Monotropastrum arisanarum Andres; Monotropastrum baranovii Y.L.Chang & Y.L.Chou; Monotropastrum clarkei Andres; Monotropastrum globosum Andres ex H.Hara; Monotropastrum globosum f. roseum Honda; Monotropastrum humile var. glaberrimum H.Hara; Monotropastrum humile f. roseum (Honda) Yonek.; Monotropastrum lungschuanense K.F.Wu; Monotropastrum macrocarpum Andres; Monotropastrum pubescens K.F.Wu; Monotropastrum pumilum Andres; Monotropastrum tschanbaischanicum Y.L.Chang & Y.L.Chou
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Monotropastrum humile (D.Don) H.Hara
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Shady Hemlock and damp deciduous and Fir forests, 100 - 3050 m. altitude
Comments / notes : It is myco-heterotrophic plant.
Flower, Fruit : April-September
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Primorye, Sakhalin, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to Russian Far East and Temperate East Asia, Indo-China, North Sumatera
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 167; 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: 357
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Monotropastrum humile. Downloaded on 9 June 2023.

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