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|accepted_name=Sarcodes
|accepted_authority=Torrey
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci.
|place=4: 193. 1851 ,
}}
|common_names=Greek sarkos;flesh;and
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Monotropoideae;Sarcodes
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Monotropoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sarcodes]]</div></div>
|etymology=odes, resemblance, alluding to red, fleshlike appearance of inflorescence
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 373
|treatment_page=page 390
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> achlorophyllous, heterotrophic. <b>Stems</b> absent. <b>Leaves</b> absent. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemes, erect at emergence from soil, axis fleshy and fibrous, persistent after seed dispersal, bright red to dark orange, 2–10 cm diam. proximal to proximalmost flower. <b>Pedicels</b> perpendicular to inflorescence axis, often more erect in fruit; bracteoles absent. <b>Flowers</b> radially symmetric, horizontal; sepals 5, distinct, lanceolate-ovate; petals 5, connate, red, without basal tubercles, (surfaces glabrous), corolla campanulate; intrastaminal nectary disc present; stamens 10, included; filaments broader proximally than distally, glabrous; anthers elongate, without awns, without tubules, dehiscent by 2 terminal, porelike slits; pistil 5-carpellate; ovary 5-locular; placentation axile; style straight, stout; stigma subcapitate, without subtending ring of hairs. <b>Fruits</b> capsular, horizontal to erect, indehiscent to irregularly breaking apart, no cobwebby tissue exposed by splitting valves at dehiscence. <b>Seeds</b> 100+, ovoid, not winged. <b>x</b> = 32.</span><!--

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|distribution=w United States;nw Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Species 1: w United States, nw Mexico.</p><!--
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name=Sarcodes
|author=Gary D. Wallace
|authority=Torrey
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|distribution=w United States;nw Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci.
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Monotropoideae
|genus=Sarcodes
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