Monotropaceae

664.67.00 MonotropoideaeName: Monotropaceae, Pyrolaceae.
Botany: many non-green, mycotrophic rather than parasitic; reduced; sepals and petals reduced in size; leaves reduced to bracts; inflorescence only above ground.
Genera: Pterospora andromeda (pine drops); Sarcodes sanguinea; Monotropa uniflora (Indian pipe); Allotropa virgata; Pyrola; Chimaphila.TaxonomyIn the Apg3 classification Monotropoideae is a Subfamily in Ericaceae. Monotropaceae and Pyrolaceae was included in Ericaceae to make Ericaceae and its subfamilies monophyletic.
In the Plant theory Monotropoideae is placed in Subphase 7 in Ericales.IntroductionThey adapt to normal life giving up their desires and individuality. It gives them a pleasant life but a bit dead. They feel they have to be content with what they have. They give up sex for a marriage and family life.MindSimple, quiet; “not talking, working”.
Aversion to household duties.
Irritable, restless.
Mind paralysed, gone; stupid.
Melancholy; feeling dark, lack of joy and delight.
Mister average.
Standing up for, defending his happy family, wife and children.
Alert, defensive.
Hobby: bicycling, mind on zero, vision fixed in the distance.
Profession: offshore worker.GeneralSensation: scalded, wedge.
Weather: chilly.
Desire: beer, alcohol; thirst, food.
Physical: << poisons, anodyne.BodyInfection: syphilis.
Urinary: cystitis.
Back: stiff; ankylosing spondylitis.
Limbs: hands stiff.