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monotropaceae
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Monotropaceae, family Monotropaceaenoun
used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes
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monotropaceae
Monotropaceae is a family of flowering plants that consists of around 15 species, most of which are notable for their lack of chlorophyll. Because they lack this vital photosynthetic pigment, they are non-photosynthetic and instead derive necessary nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi that attach to the roots of trees such as pine, oak, and beech. This makes them essentially parasitic or mycoheterotrophic. The plants in this family are typically found in dark, shady, forest environments.
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Monotropaceae
Monotropaceae was a small family of flowering plants under the old Cronquist system of plant classification. It included 10 genera Allotropa, Cheilotheca, Hemitomes, Monotropa, Monotropastrum, Monotropsis, Pityopus, Pleuricospora, Pterospora, Sarcodes. Recent genetic research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has however demonstrated that these genera are better placed in the blueberry family, the Ericaceae, in which they are now treated as a subfamily, the Monotropoidiae. Before this, they were sometimes also placed in the family Pyrolaceae, which is now also in the Ericaceae. All monotropoids are myco-heterotrophs, meaning that they contain no chlorophyll and therefore do not get their food from photosynthesis, but instead derive both nutrients and carbon sources from parasitizing on fungi.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of monotropaceae in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of monotropaceae in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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