Pyrola
Genus of flowering plants in the heath family
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Pyrola /ˈpɪrələ/[3] is a genus of plants in the family Ericaceae native to the region spanning from the subarctic and temperate northern hemisphere to Guatemala and Sumatra.[2]
| Pyrola | |
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| Pyrola asarifolia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pyroloideae |
| Genus: | Pyrola L. |
| Type species | |
| Pyrola rotundifolia L.[1] | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Description
Vegetative characteristics
Pyrola are erect,[4] chlorophyllous or achlorophyllous,[5] up to 35–44 cm (14–17 in) tall herbs or subshrubs with single, glabrous stems.[4] The long, branched, slender rootstock bears fine roots.[6]
Generative characteristics
The many-flowered,[6] racemose inflorescence with 1–4 scape bracts bears pedicellate, nodding, campanulate,[4] radially symmetric[5] or slightly zygomorphic flowers.[4] The pendulous, loculicidal capsule fruit bears approximately 1000 winged, spindle-shaped seeds.[5]
Cytology
Taxonomy
It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.[7][2] The lectotype is Pyrola rotundifolia L.[1]
Species
It has 42 accepted species:[2]
- Pyrola alboreticulata Hayata
- Pyrola alpina Andres
- Pyrola americana Sweet
- Pyrola angustifolia (Alef.) Hemsl.
- Pyrola aphylla Sm.
- Pyrola asarifolia Michx.
- Pyrola atropurpurea Franch.
- Pyrola calliantha Andres
- Pyrola carpatica Holub & Křísa
- Pyrola chlorantha Sw.
- Pyrola chouana Chang Y.Yang
- Pyrola corbierei H.Lév.
- Pyrola crypta Jolles
- Pyrola dahurica (Andres) Kom.
- Pyrola decorata Andres
- Pyrola dentata Sm.
- Pyrola elegantula Andres
- Pyrola elliptica Nutt.
- Pyrola faurieana Handres
- Pyrola forrestiana Andres
- Pyrola × graebneriana Seemen
- Pyrola grandiflora Radius
- Pyrola japonica Alef.
- Pyrola karakoramica Křísa
- Pyrola macrocalyx Ohwi
- Pyrola markonica Y.L.Chou & R.C.Zhou
- Pyrola mattfeldiana Andres
- Pyrola media Sw.
- Pyrola minor L.
- Pyrola morrisonensis (Hayata) Hayata
- Pyrola nephrophylla (Andres) Andres
- Pyrola norvegica Knaben
- Pyrola picta Sm.
- Pyrola renifolia Maxim.
- Pyrola rotundifolia L.
- Pyrola rugosa Andres
- Pyrola shanxiensis Y.L.Chou & R.C.Zhou
- Pyrola sororia Andres
- Pyrola subaphylla Maxim.
- Pyrola sumatrana Andres
- Pyrola szechuanica Andres
- Pyrola tschanbaischanica Y.L.Chou & Y.L.Chang
- Pyrola xinjiangensis Y.L.Chou & R.C.Zhou
