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Monotropa uniflora
Monotropa uniflora Gil.jpg
Photo was taken by Gil Nelson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Ericales
Family: Monotropaceae
Genus: Monotropa
Species: M. uniflora
Binomial name
Monotropa uniflora
L.
MONO UNIF dist.jpg
Natural range of Monotropa uniflora from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Indian pipes[1]

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: Monotropa brittonii Small.[1]

Varieties: none.[1]

Description

A description of Monotropa uniflora is provided in The Flora of North America.

M. unitropa has a glabrous stem and solitary flower, with white coloration when fresh and black as it ages.[1]

Distribution

This plant ranges from Labrador and Alaska, south to southern Florida, Texas, and California. There are disjunct populations in southern Mexico, Central America, South America, and eastern Asia.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

This species can be found in mixed woodlands, mesic bluffs, ravine edges, along swamps, pine scrub, and hardwood hammock edges.[2] Observed growing in shaded areas, M. uniflora occurs in moist and dry sand, sandy loam, and rich hummus.[2] It is also found in human discturbed habitats such as hiking trails, residential backyards, and front lawns.[2] Associates species include Carya, Magnolia, Quercus, Habernaria quinqueseta, Cypress, Burmannia biflora, Pinus clausa, Quercus myrtifolia, and Q. maritima.[2]

Phenology

This species flowers from June through October and fruits from August through November.[1]

Seed dispersal

This species is thought to be dispersed by gravity.[3]

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References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Herbert Kessler, Jacob Kimel, R.K. Godfrey, John B. Nelson, George R. Cooley, D. B. Ward, J. Beckner, Lovett E. Williams, Michael Castagna, Travis MacClendon, K. MacClendon, P. Howell, B. Thomas, G. Wilder, R. Komarek, Kathleen Brady, Ed Keppner, and Lisa Keppner. States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Hernando, Leon, Liberty, Marion, and Wakulla. Georgia: Grady.
  3. Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.