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Scientific name Monotropa hypopitys
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 387 (1753)

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Common products:
No common commercial products are documented for *Monotropa hypopitys*.

Industrial and craft applications:
No industrial or craft applications are documented.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
No food or beverage uses are documented.

Colorants and tanning:
No uses as colorants or tanning agents are documented.

Wood and fiber:
No wood or fiber products are obtained from this species.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
No fragrance or cosmetic applications are documented.

Properties relevant to use:
The plant's primary documented relevance lies in scientific research, particularly its role as a model organism for studying mycoheterotrophy. Its sequenced genome and specialized biology provide insights into non-photosynthetic plant adaptations and plant-fungal interactions.

Standards and regulation:
No specific standards or regulations are associated with the species.

Sustainability and sourcing:
Wild populations are vulnerable due to habitat specificity and dependence on mycorrhizal hosts. Conservation status concerns make sustainable wild harvesting impractical and generally discouraged. Scientific research relies on controlled propagation efforts or examination of natural populations without significant disturbance. No established sustainable sourcing mechanisms exist for any commercial application.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Monotropa glabra Bernh. ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 411.
Monotropa hirsuta Hornem. ex Willk. & Lange Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 2: 339 (1868)
Monotropa epirrhizium St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 130 (1880)
Monotropa hypoxya Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 317 (1825)
Monotropa japonica Franch. & Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. 1: 297. 1875 [prob. Oct 1875]
Monotropa latisquama (Rydb.) Hultén Fl. Alaska Yukon : 1216 (1948)
Monotropa hypophegea Wallr. Sched. Crit. : 191 (1822)
Monotropa abietina Dumort Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 4: 342 (1865)
Monotropa flagrans Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. ii. 191. 1782
Monotropa nepalensis Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 7252. 1832
Monotropa nipponica H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 1938, xiv. 810, japonice.
Monotropa procera Torr. Man. Bot. N. States , ed. 2: 324 (1818)
Monotropa squamiformis Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 421 (1867)
Monotropa taiwaniana S.S.Ying Quart. J. Chin. Forest. 10: 126 (1977)
Monotropa hypopitys var. latisquama (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles J. Washington Acad. Sci. 29: 487 (1939)
Hypopitys brevis Small N. Amer. Fl. 29: 12 (1914)
Hypopitys dentata Raf. Med. Repos. , ser. 3, 1: 297 (1810)
Hypopitys europaea Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 271 (1818)
Hypopitys glabra (Bernh. ex Rchb.) DC. Prodr. 7: 780 (1839)
Hypopitys hypophegea (Wallr.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 866 (1834)
Hypopitys latisquama Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 461 (1913)
Hypopitys lutea Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 404 (1821 publ. 1822)
Hypopitys monotropa Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 467 (1766)
Hypopitys multiflora Scop. Fl. Carniol. , ed. 2, 1: 285 (1771)
Hypopitys racemosa Raf. Med. Repos. , ser. 3, 1: 297 (1810)
Hypopitys rivini Ruppius ex Ces., Pass. & Gibelli Comp. Fl. Ital. : 418 (1878)
Hypopitys secunda Raf. Med. Repos. , ser. 3, 1: 297 (1810)
Hypopitys stricta Raf. Med. Repos. , ser. 3, 1: 297 (1810)
Monotropa hypopitys var. japonica (Franch. & Sav.) Franch. & Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 428 1876
Monotropa lanuginosa var. rosea Torr. Fl. New York 1: 457 1843
Hypopitys fimbriata (A.Gray) Howell Fl. N.W. Amer. 1: 429 (1901)
Hypopitys insignata E.P.Bicknell Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 41: 413 (1914)
Monotropa hypopitys subsp. lanuginosa (Michx.) H.Hara J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6: 348 (1956)
Hypopitys multiflora var. americana DC. Prodr. 7: 780 (1839)
Monotropa lanuginosa Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 266 (1803)
Hypopitys multiflora var. glabra Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 934 1846
Monotropa hypopitys var. glabra Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 2(1): 462 1782
Monotropa multiflora (Scop.) Fritsch Excursionsfl. Oesterreich : 426 (1897)
Monotropa hypopitys var. glaberrima H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 14(6): 427 1938
Monotropa hypopitys f. atricha (Domin) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur. 494. 1979
Monotropa hypopitys var. hirsuta Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 2: 462 1789
Monotropa hypopitys var. lanuginosa (Michx.) Andres Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 52: 93 1910
Monotropa chinensis Koidz. Fl. Symb. Orient.-Asiat. : 28 (1930)
Hypopitys lanuginosa var. rosea (Torr.) House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243-244: 69 (1923)
Monotropa fimbriata A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 629 (1873)
Hypopitys lanuginosa (Michx.) Raf. Med. Repos. , ser. 3, 1: 297 (1810)
Hypopitys americana (DC.) Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. , n.s., 8: 272 (1842)
Hypopitys hypopitys (L.) Small Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 4: 137. 1894

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Language Common/alternative name
English pinesap
English yellow bird's-nest
Belarusian Пад’ельнік звычайны
Bulgarian обикновена гвачка
Catalan sucepin
ceb hypopitys monotropa
Czech samovratec
Czech hnilák smrkový
Welsh cytwf
German sucepin
German fichtenspargel
Esperanto pinasparago
Estonian harilik seenlill
Finnish mäntykukka
Finnish kangasmäntykukka
French monotrope sucepin
French sucepin
French monotrope du pin
Irish buíán sailí
Manx hypopitys americana
Manx hypopitys fimbriata
Manx hypopitys insignata
Manx hypopitys lanuginosa
Manx hypopitys latisquama
Manx hypopitys monotropa
Manx monotropa chinensis
Manx monotropa lanuginosa
Manx monotropa taiwaniana
Manx monotropa multiflora
Manx monotropa hypophegea
Manx buighan shellee
Manx monotropa latisquama
Croatian obični bezlistac
Upper Sorbian prawy bjezłopjenčk
Upper Sorbian prawe hribowe zelo
Icelandic sníkjurót
Japanese シャクジョウソウ
Kazakh Шыршашөп
Lithuanian sucepin
Lithuanian miškinė gluosvė
Latvian lāčtauce
Latvian parastā lāčtauce
Norwegian Bokmål vaniljerot
Dutch stofzaad
Norwegian Nynorsk vaniljerot
Polish korzeniówka pospolita
Russian Подъельник
Russian Вертляница волосистая
Russian Подъельник обыкновенный
Russian Вертляница обыкновенная
Slovak hniliak smrekový
Swedish tallört
Swedish sucepin
war hypopitys monotropa
Chinese 松下蘭
Chinese 錫杖花
Chinese 臺灣錫杖花
Chinese 地花
Chinese 土花
Chinese 松下兰

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Manchuria
      • Qinghai
      • Tibet
      • Xinjiang
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
      • Taiwan
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kirgizstan
    • Mongolia
      • Mongolia
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur
      • Khabarovsk
      • Kuril Islands
      • Primorye
      • Sakhalin
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Buryatiya
      • Chita
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • Tuva
      • West Siberia
      • Yakutskiya
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Cyprus
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Iran
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Turkey
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • East Himalaya
      • Nepal
      • Pakistan
      • West Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Myanmar
      • Thailand
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • Krym
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland
      • Nova Scotia
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Québec
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • Oklahoma
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
    • Subarctic America
      • Alaska
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Saskatchewan

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000376429
Canadensys 15928
USDA Plants MOHY3
Tropicos 26800126
INPN 108770
Flora of Italy 3714
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:163883-2
The Plant List kew-2372112
Plantarium 20551
Open Tree Of Life 824795
NCBI Taxonomy 176248
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003921
IPNI 163883-2
iNaturalist 59986
GBIF 8249145
Freebase /m/07brh7
EPPO MTOHY
EOL 486252
Elurikkus 5783
Calflora (Californian flora) 11876
USDA GRIN 456116
Wikipedia Monotropa_hypopitys

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_002855965.1 monotropa1.0 Contig Institute of Bioengineering, Research Center of Biotechnology of RAS 2018-01-03 20 2.05 Gb

Scientific Literature Top

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Elucidating the multichromosomal structure within the Brasenia schreberi mitochondrial genome through assembly and analysis Shan Y, Li J, Duan X, Zhang X, Yu J BMC Genomics 29-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11059650
doi:10.1186/s12864-024-10331-0
PMID:38684976
Unprecedented variation pattern of plastid genomes and the potential role in adaptive evolution in Poales Wu H, Li DZ, Ma PF BMC Biol 29-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11057118
doi:10.1186/s12915-024-01890-5
PMID:38679718
Transcription Factor McHB7 Improves Ice Plant Drought Tolerance through ABA Signaling Pathway Zhang X, Cheng Z, Fan G, Zhu D, Tan B, Jiang T, Chen S Int J Mol Sci 22-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11050535
doi:10.3390/ijms25084569
PMID:38674154
Assembly and comparative analysis of the complete multichromosomal mitochondrial genome of Cymbidium ensifolium, an orchid of high economic and ornamental value Shen B, Shen A, Liu L, Tan Y, Li S, Tan Z BMC Plant Biol 09-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11003039
doi:10.1186/s12870-024-04962-4
PMID:38594641
An Overview of Mycorrhiza in Pines: Research, Species, and Applications Dyshko V, Hilszczańska D, Davydenko K, Matić S, Moser WK, Borowik P, Oszako T Plants (Basel) 11-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10891885
doi:10.3390/plants13040506
PMID:38498468
Bioactive Compounds from an Endophytic Pezicula sp. Showing Antagonistic Effects against the Ash Dieback Pathogen Demir Ö, Zeng H, Schulz B, Schrey H, Steinert M, Stadler M, Surup F Biomolecules 08-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10669340
doi:10.3390/biom13111632
PMID:38002314
Highly sex specific gene expression in Jojoba Alsubaie B, Kharabian-Masouleh A, Furtado A, Al-Dossary O, Al-Mssallem I, Henry RJ BMC Plant Biol 19-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10507870
doi:10.1186/s12870-023-04444-z
PMID:37726703
Close-to-Nature Silviculture to Maintain a Relict Population of White Oak on Etna Volcano (Sicily, Italy): Preliminary Results of a Peculiar Case Study Sferlazza S, Londi G, La Mela Veca DS, Maetzke FG, Vinciguerra S, Spampinato G Plants (Basel) 22-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10224248
doi:10.3390/plants12102053
PMID:37653970
Comparative analyses of three complete Primula mitogenomes with insights into mitogenome size variation in Ericales Wei L, Liu TJ, Hao G, Ge XJ, Yan HF BMC Genomics 24-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9686101
doi:10.1186/s12864-022-08983-x
PMID:36424546
Phytogeographic Characteristics of Montane Coniferous Forests of the Central Balkan Peninsula (SE Europe) Ilić T, Kuzmanović N, Vukojičić S, Lakušić D Plants (Basel) 22-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9741231
doi:10.3390/plants11233194
PMID:36501234
Scrub encroachment promotes biodiversity in temperate European wetlands under eutrophic conditions Brunbjerg AK, Fløjgaard C, Frøslev TG, Andersen DK, Bruun HH, Dalby L, Goldberg I, Lehmann LJ, Moeslund JE, Ejrnæs R Ecol Evol 01-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9627074
doi:10.1002/ece3.9445
PMID:36340817
New findings on the fungal species Tricholoma matsutake from Ukraine, and revision of its taxonomy and biogeography based on multilocus phylogenetic analyses Aoki W, Bergius N, Kozlan S, Fukuzawa F, Okuda H, Murata H, Ishida TA, Vaario LM, Kobayashi H, Kalmiş E, Fukiharu T, Gisusi S, Matsushima KI, Terashima Y, Narimatsu M, Matsushita N, Ka KH, Yu F, Yamanaka T, Fukuda M, Yamada A Mycoscience 30-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC10033251
doi:10.47371/mycosci.2022.07.004
PMID:37090201
Characterization, comparative phylogenetic, and gene transfer analyses of organelle genomes of Rhododendron × pulchrum Shen J, Li X, Li M, Cheng H, Huang X, Jin S Front Plant Sci 21-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9532937
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.969765
PMID:36212362
Comparative analysis of the plastid and mitochondrial genomes of Artemisia giraldii Pamp. Yue J, Lu Q, Ni Y, Chen P, Liu C Sci Rep 17-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9385723
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-18387-2
PMID:35978085
Rapid sequence and functional diversification of a miRNA superfamily targeting calcium signaling components in seed plants Attri K, Zhang Z, Singh A, Sharrock RA, Xie Z New Phytol 21-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9322595
doi:10.1111/nph.18185
PMID:35485957

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