Monotropsis odorata
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Monotropsis is a plant from the family of the Ericaceae (Ericaceae) and the only species in the genus.
description
Monotropsis odorata is a chlorophyllless , myco-heterotrophic herbaceous plant . Their roots are coral-shaped, the shoot and inflorescence axis sprouting from them is nodding and purple to purple. The leaves are simple, there are no previous leaves .
The inflorescence is multi-flowered. The flowers are five, rarely four to six, sepals are present and can be distinguished by texture . The crown is almost tubular, the petals are fused and weakly sack-shaped at the base. The stamens are around three fifths as long as the crown, the pores of the anthers are turned outwards, the nectaries are notched. The stylus is permanent, the scar enlarged.
The ovary shows largely parietal placentation . The fruit is berry-like, the seeds are egg-shaped and thick-skinned.
The seeds are linear, thin-walled and have elongated cells.
The number of chromosomes is n = 13.
distribution
The species is found in the southeastern United States in Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia at altitudes between 600 and 1,350 meters.
Systematics
Species and genus were first described in 1817 by Ludwig David von Schweinitz .
literature
- PF Stevens et al .: Ericaceae. In: Klaus Kubitzki (Ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - Volume VI - Flowering Plants - Dicotyledons - Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. 2004, ISBN 978-3-540-06512-8 , pp. 167-168.
