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abot96-12
Title
Reproductive stem of Monotropsis odorata (sweet pine sap; Ericaceae)
Description
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Reproductive stem of Monotropsis odorata (sweet pine sap; Ericaceae), a nonphotosynthetic plant endemic to the southeastern United States. As a myco-heterotroph, M. odorata obtains carbon resources from associated mycorrhizal fungi and has a highly reduced vegetative morphology consisting of an underground root mass that produces one to many diminutive reproductive stems (3.5

Publisher
Botanical Society of America
Additional data
copyright: BSA, Matthew R. Klooster
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