Plant Details

Accepted name:: Monotropa hypopitys L. [Ericaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
pinesap	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
松下兰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 63 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hypopitys monotropa Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 467 (1766).
Hypopitys multiflora Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 285 (1771), nom. superfl.
Hypopitys americana (DC.) Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 8: 272 (1842).
Hypopitys dentata Raf. Med. Repos., ser. 3, 1: 297 (1810).
Hypopitys europaea Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 271 (1818).
Hypopitys fimbriata (A.Gray) Howell Fl. N.W. Amer. 1: 429 (1901).
Hypopitys glabra DC. Prodr. 7: 780 (1839).
Hypopitys hypophegea (Wallr.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 866 (1834).
Hypopitys hypopitys (L.) Small Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 4: 137 (1893), not validly publ.
Hypopitys insignata E.P.Bicknell Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 41: 413 (1914).
Hypopitys lanuginosa (Michx.) Raf. Med. Repos., ser. 3, 1: 297 (1810).
Hypopitys lanuginosa var. rosea House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243-244: 69 (1923).
Hypopitys latisquama Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 461 (1913).
Hypopitys lutea Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 404 (1821 publ. 1822).
Hypopitys monotropa subsp. hypophegea (Wallr.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 32: 184 (2000).
Hypopitys multiflora var. americana DC. Prodr. 7: 780 (1839).
Hypopitys multiflora var. glabra Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 934 (1846).
Hypopitys racemosa Raf. Med. Repos., ser. 3, 1: 297 (1810).
Hypopitys rivini Rupp.Jun. ex Cess.Passer. & Gibelli Comp. Fl. Ital.: 418 (1878).
Hypopitys secunda Raf. Med. Repos., ser. 3, 1: 297 (1810).
Hypopitys stricta Raf. Med. Repos., ser. 3, 1: 297 (1810).
Monotropa abietina Dumort. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 4: 342 (1865).
Monotropa chinensis Koidz. Fl. Symb. Orient.-Asiat.: 28 (1930).
Monotropa epirrhizium St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 130 (1880).
Monotropa fimbriata A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 629 (1873).
Monotropa flagrans Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 191 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Monotropa glabra Bernh. ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1: 411 (1831), nom. illeg.
Monotropa hirsuta Hornem. ex Willk. & Lange Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 2: 339 (1868).
Monotropa hypophegea Wallr. Sched. Crit.: 191 (1822).
Monotropa hypopitys var. americana Domin Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 1915: 24 (1915).
Monotropa hypopitys subvar. atricha Domin Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 1915: 17 (1915).
Monotropa hypopitys f. atricha (Domin) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 494 (1979).
Monotropa hypopitys var. californica Domin Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 1915: 24 (1915).
Monotropa hypopitys var. fimbriata Domin Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 1915: 24 (1915).
Monotropa hypopitys var. glaberrima H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 14: 427 (1938).
Monotropa hypopitys var. glabra Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 2(1): 462 (1789).
Monotropa hypopitys subsp. glabra (Bernh. ex Rchb.) Schübl. & G.Martens Fl. Würtemberg: 268 (1834), nom. illeg.
Monotropa hypopitys var. glabra Hartm. Handb. Skand. Fl., ed. 2: 115 (1832), nom. illeg.
Monotropa hypopitys var. gracilescens Domin Vergl. Stud. Fichensp.: 21 (1915).
Monotropa hypopitys var. hirsuta Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 2(1): 462 (1789).
Monotropa hypopitys subsp. hypophegea (Wallr.) Holmboe Bergens Mus. Årbog (Årbok) 1922(4): 15 (1922).
Monotropa hypopitys var. hypophegea (Wallr.) Wahlenb. Fl. Suecica 1: 248 (1824).
Monotropa hypopitys var. japonica Franch. & Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 428 (1876).
Monotropa hypopitys subsp. lanuginosa (Michx.) H.Hara J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6: 348 (1956).
Monotropa hypopitys var. lanuginosa (Michx.) Purah. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 52: 93 (1910).
Monotropa hypopitys var. latisquama (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles J. Washington Acad. Sci. 29: 487 (1939).
Monotropa hypopitys subsp. multiflora Fritsch Excursionsfl. Oesterreich: 426 (1897), not validly publ.
Monotropa hypopitys var. rubra Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 39 (1926).
Monotropa hypopitys f. rubra (Farw.) F.Seym. Fl. New England, ed. 2: 427 (1982).
Monotropa hypopitys f. subuniflora Domin Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 1915: 23 (1915).
Monotropa hypoxya Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 317 (1825).
Monotropa japonica Franch. & Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. 1: 297 (1875), nom. nud.
Monotropa lanuginosa Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 266 (1803).
Monotropa lanuginosa var. glabriuscula Torr. Fl. New York 1: 457 (1843).
Monotropa lanuginosa var. rubra Torr. Fl. New York 1: 457 (1843).
Monotropa latisquama (Rydb.) Hultén Fl. Alaska Yukon: 1216 (1948).
Monotropa multiflora Fritsch Excursionsfl. Oesterreich: 426 (1897), nom. superfl.
Monotropa nepalensis Wall. Numer. List: n.° 7252 (1832), not validly publ.
Monotropa nipponica H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 14: 810 (1938), no Latin descr.
Monotropa squamiformis Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 421 (1867).
Monotropa taiwaniana S.S.Ying Quart. J. Chin. Forest. 10: 126 (1977).
Monotropa uniflora var. nipponica (H.Hara) Makino Ill. Fl. Nippon: t. 6 (1940), not validly publ.
Orobanche hypopitys (L.) Hill Hort. Kew.: 228 (1768).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hypopitys monotropa Grantz	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Hypopitys multiflora Scop.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Monotropa hypopithys L.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Monotropa hypopitys L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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