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Monotropaceae

Family
Kingdom
3Plants
Phylum
6Angiospermae
Class
6Asteranae
Subclass
4Ericidae
Phase
6Ericales
Subphase
7Monotropaceae
Stage
0
Name

Monotropaceae

Author

Jan Scholten

Type

Picture

Chapter

664.67.00

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Family
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.
  • Kingdoms
  • ›3 Plants
  • ›6 Angiospermae
  • ›6 Asteranae
  • ›4 Ericidae
  • ›6 Ericales
  • 12Chimaphila maculata
  • 12Chimaphila umbellata
  • 12Pyrola minor
  • 15Pyrola rotundifolia
  • 17Monotropa hypopitys
  • 17Monotropa uniflora
  • 17Allotropa virgata
  • 17Pterospora andromedea
  • xOrthilia secunda
  • xMonotropa morisoniana
  • xSarcodes sanguinea