Monotropa hypopitys L.

, Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 387 (1753). BHL
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:163883-2
Publication
Species Plantarum
Collation
1: 387
Date of Publication
1 Mai 1753
Family as entered in IPNI
Ericaceae

Type Information

Locality
'Habitat in Sueciae, Germaniae, Angliae, Canadae sylvis'
Type Herbaria
lectotype UPS [Herb. Burser III: 156]
Chosen By
Wallace Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 66: 20. 1995

Nomenclatural Notes

(as 'Hypopithys')

Remarks

Etymology: hypo, under; pitys, pine (this species is often found under pine trees). L. referred to 'Orobanche quae Hypopithys ... Bauh. pin. 88' and to 'Orobanche Hypopithys lutea. Mentz. pug. 3. f. 5'; he spelled the epithet as 'Hypopithys' (correctable to 'hypopitys'; vide The Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project).

Links

Nomenclatural link
Hypopitys hypopitys Small, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 4: 137 (1894).
Same citation as
Monotropa hypopithys L., Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 387, sphalm. (1753).