Monotropa hypopitys L., 1753

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part M), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 651-689 : 682

Monotropa hypopitys Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1: 387. 1753.

“Habitat in Sueciae, Germaniae, Angliae, Canadae sylvis.” RCN: 3055.

Lectotype (Wallace, Fl. Neotropica 66: 20. 1995): Herb. Burser III: 156 (UPS).

Current name: Monotropa hypopitys L. ( Ericaceae ).

Note: The epithet was originally spelled “hypopithys” but this has generally been treated as correctable to “hypopitys”.