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APG-Fam.: Ericaceae / Heather Fam.       Fam. tradit.: Pyrolaceae / Wintergreen Fam.  

Synon.:  Hypopitys monotropa  CRANTZ

Genus:  Monotropa  L.,  Hypopitys  DILL. ex ADANS.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   CRANTZ:  Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz (1722 - 1799), Austrian botanist
   DILL.:  Johann Jakob Dillen ( = Dillenius, 1687 - 1747), German botanist
   ADANS.:  Michel Adanson (1727 - 1806), French botanist of Scottish descent
 

Etymology:
   Monotropa:   monos = single, tropos = direction
   hypopitys:   growing under firs
   Hypopitys:   growing under firs
   monotropa:   monos = single, tropos = direction
 

Monotropa hypopitys / Yellow Bird's-Nest, PL Augustow 30.7.2005
Fig. 1:  Monotropa hypopitys / Yellow Bird's-Nest
PL Augustow 30.7.2005
Monotropa hypopitys / Yellow Bird's-Nest, S Kvarnadalen 5.8.2010
Fig. 2:  Monotropa hypopitys / Yellow Bird's-Nest
S Kvarnadalen 5.8.2010
Monotropa hypopitys / Yellow Bird's-Nest, Cyprus Troodos 24.6.1999
Fig. 3:  Monotropa hypopitys / Yellow Bird's-Nest (on Pine)
Cyprus, Troodos 24.6.1999
Monotropa hypopitys / Yellow Bird's-Nest, F Savines-le-Lac 8.7.2016
Fig. 4:  Monotropa hypopitys / Yellow Bird's-Nest (on Pine)
F Savines-le-Lac 8.7.2016
Monotropa hypopitys / Yellow Bird's-Nest, F Savines-le-Lac 8.7.2016
Fig. 5:  Monotropa hypopitys / Yellow Bird's-Nest (on Pine)
F Savines-le-Lac 8.7.2016

 


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