Pyroloideae Explained

Pyroloideae is a subfamily of plants in the family Ericaceae. It was formerly treated as a separate family, Pyrolaceae.^[1] It has also been treated as the tribe Pyroleae within the subfamily Monotropoideae. It consists of four genera: Chimaphila containing 5 species, Pyrola containing 30 species and Moneses and Orthilia which are monotypic. They are mixotrophic, gaining nutrition from photosynthesis, but also from mycorrhizal fungi.^[2]

Genera list

Image	Genus	Living Species
	Chimaphila	Chimaphila japonica Chimaphila maculata (spotted wintergreen, also called striped wintergreen, striped prince's pine or rheumatism root) Chimaphila menziesii (little prince's pine) Chimaphila monticola Chimaphila umbellata (umbellate wintergreen, pipsissewa, or prince's pine)
	Moneses	Moneses uniflora, one-flowered wintergreen
	Orthilia	Orthilia secunda, one-sided-wintergreen
	Pyrola	Pyrola alboreticulata Pyrola americana Pyrola angustifolia Pyrola asarifolia Pyrola atropurpurea Pyrola bracteata Pyrola calliantha Pyrola carpatica Pyrola chlorantha Pyrola chouana Pyrola corbieri Pyrola dahurica Pyrola decorata Pyrola elliptica Pyrola forrestiana Pyrola grandiflora Pyrola japonica Pyrola macrocalyx Pyrola markonica Pyrola mattfeldiana Pyrola media Pyrola minor Pyrola monophylla Pyrola morrisonensis Pyrola nephrophylla Pyrola norvegica Pyrola picta Pyrola pumila Pyrola renifolia Pyrola rotundifolia Pyrola rugosa Pyrola shanxiensis Pyrola sororia Pyrola szechuanica Pyrola tschanbaischanica Pyrola xinjiangensis

Notes and References

1. Stevens, P.F. (2001 onwards). "Ericaceae. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
2. Liu . Z.. Wang . Z.. Zhou . J.. Peng . H.. Phylogeny of Pyroleae (Ericaceae): implications for character evolution. Journal of Plant Research. 124. 3. 325–337. 2010. 20862511. 10.1007/s10265-010-0376-8. 2011JPlR..124..325L. 38665814.