Monotropa uniflora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Monotropa uniflora L. Sp. Pl., Tomus I: 387 (1753).

Homotypic
- Hypopitys uniflora (L.) Crantz, Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 467 (1766)
- Monotropa uniflora var. typica Domin in Věstn. Král. České Společn. Nauk. Tř. Mat.-Přír. 1915: 4 (1915), not validly publ.
Heterotypic
- Monotropa morisoniana Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 266 (1803)
- Monotropa morisonii Pers., Syn. Pl. 1: 469 (1805), orth. var.
- Monotropa uniflora f. rosea Fosberg, Castanea 20: 59 (1955)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- - Alaska, USA (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Washington State, Wisconsin, West Virginia), Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Isl., Quebec, Saskatchewan), St. Pierre et Miquelon
Continental: Asia
- - Russian Far East, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu), North Korea, South Korea, Costa Rica, Mexico (Chiapas, Chihuahua, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tlaxcala, Veracruz), Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Colombia (Antioquia, Boyac, Cundinamarca, Huila, Quindo, Santander, Valle), Nicaragua, India, Bhutan, Darjeeling, Myanmar [Burma], China (Anhui, Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangxi, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Tibet, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sikkim, Pakistan (Hazara, Murree)

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