Mycoheterotrophic Plants

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Pterospora andromedea Nuttall

Firstly described by Nuttall (1818, pp 269-270), accepted by Wallace (1975). Pterospora andromedea is one of the more frequent mycoheterotrophic Ericaceae in North America, distributed in western Canada, USA and Mexico as well as around the big lakes in eastern USA and Canada. The type specimen of Nuttall could not be traced back, a neotype is designated by Wallace (1975).

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith