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Monotropastrum humile

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Species of flowering plant

Monotropastrum humile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Monotropastrum
Species: M. humile
Binomial name
Monotropastrum humile
(D.Don) H.Hara

Monotropastrum humile is a species of myco-heterotrophic plant of the family Ericaceae, distributed throughout eastern Asia, from the Himalayas to the Islands of Japan.

It lacks chlorophyll and is therefore unable to perform photosynthesis as most plants do; instead it gains sugars and nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi.

References

  1. ^ Yamada, A.; Kitamura, D.; Setoguchi, M.; Matsuda, Y.; Hashimoto, Y.; Matsushita, N.; Fukuda, M. (2008). "Monotropastrum humile var. humile is associated with diverse ectomycorrhizal Russulaceae fungi in Japanese forests". Ecological Research. 23 (6): 983. doi:10.1007/s11284-008-0463-7. hdl:10091/1185. S2CID 20234128. Free version
  2. Tsukaya, H.; Yokoyama, J.; Imaichi, R.; Ohba, H. (2008). "Taxonomic status of Monotropastrum humile, with special reference to M. Humile var. glaberrimum (Ericaceae, Monotropoideae)". Journal of Plant Research. 121 (3): 271–278. doi:10.1007/s10265-008-0157-9. PMID 18389172. S2CID 24261703.
  3. Matsuda, Y.; Yamada, A. (2003). "Mycorrhizal morphology of Monotropastrum humile collected from six different forests in central Japan". Mycologia. 95 (6): 993–997. doi:10.2307/3761906. JSTOR 3761906. PMID 21149007.
Taxon identifiers
Monotropastrum humile
Monotropa humilis


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