#family_Monotropaceae__Monotropaceae  used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes
  supertype:  dilleniid_dicot_family__dilleniiddicotfamily  family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
  member of:  order_Ericales
  member:  genus_Monotropa__Monotropa  leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae
     member:  Indian_pipe__waxflower__Monotropa_uniflora  small waxy white or pinkish-white saprophytic woodland plant having scalelike leaves and a nodding flower; turns black with age
     member:  pinesap__false_beachdrops__Monotropa_hypopithys  fleshy tawny or reddish saprophytic herb resembling the Indian pipe and growing in woodland humus of eastern North America; in some classifications placed in a separate genus Hypopitys
  member:  genus_Hypopitys__Hypopitys  term used in some classifications for the pinesaps, which are usually included in the genus Monotropa
  member:  genus_Sarcodes__Sarcodes  snow plant; in some classifications placed in family Pyrolaceae
     member:  snow_plant__Sarcodes_sanguinea  a fleshy bright red saprophytic plant of the mountains of western North America that appears in early spring while snow is on the ground

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