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|accepted_name=Monotropsis
|accepted_authority=Schweinitz in S. Elliott
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in S. Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina
|place=1: 478. 1817 ,
}}
|common_names=Genus Monotropa and Greek
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Monotropoideae;Monotropsis
|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>[[Monotropsis]]</div></div>
|etymology=opsis, resemblance
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 373
|treatment_page=page 394
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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, arched at emergence from soil, becoming erect in fruit, axis fleshy but not fibrous, usually not persistent after seed dispersal, violet to purple, 0.1–0.4 cm diam. proximal to proximalmost flower. <b>Pedicels</b> nodding at anthesis, erect but not elongating in fruit; bracteoles usually present. <b>Flowers</b> radially symmetric, nodding; sepals 5, distinct, lanceolate-ovate; petals 5, connate, purplish to violet, without basal tubercles, (surfaces ± glabrous), corolla campanulate; intrastaminal nectary disc present; stamens 10, included; filaments uniformly slender, glabrous; anthers ovoid, without awns, without tubules, dehiscent by 2 oval slits; pistil 5-carpellate; ovary 1-locular; placentation intruded-parietal; style straight, slender; stigma capitate, angular, without subtending ring of hairs. <b>Fruits</b> baccate, erect, (fleshy), indehiscent, (axis fleshy). <b>Seeds</b> 25–200, ovoid, not winged.</span><!--

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|distribution=e;se United States.
|discussion=<p>Species 1: e, se United States.</p><!--
--><p>Species 1</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=copeland1939a
|text=Copeland, H. F. 1939. The structure of Monotropsis and the classification of the Monotropoideae. Madroño 5: 105–119.
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name=Monotropsis
|author=Gary D. Wallace
|authority=Schweinitz in S. Elliott
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|distribution=e;se United States.
|reference=copeland1939a
|publication title=in S. Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Monotropoideae
|genus=Monotropsis
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