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red Indian pipe
Monotropa coccinea
Monotropa coccinea, sometimes called red Indian pipe, is a species of obligately parastic plant occurring in the Neotropical realm. It belongs to the family Ericaceae.
From the article Monotropa coccinea on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Monotropa coccinea is like the much better documented Monotropa uniflora, except that it is bright red and occurs in tropical America, not in the USA. Both taxa have such a unique appearance that usually these few field marks suffice for the species' identification:
They do not photosynthesize, so have no green parts. Their stem-like inflorescences arising from the ground bear only one flower.
Range & habitat
Monotropa coccinea occurs in Mexico, Central America, and Colombia in South America.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
In human culture
The genus name Monotropa is from the Greek monos meaning "one," and tropos, meaning "turn or direction", alluding to the flowers turning in one direction. The species name coccinea is New Latin based on the Greek kokkinos meaning "scarlet-colored".
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 337616.