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|accepted_name=Pityopus
|accepted_authority=Small in N. L. Britton et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl.
|place=29: 16. 1914 ,
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Monotropoideae;Pityopus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Monotropoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pityopus]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek pityos, pine, and pous, foot, alluding to habitat
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 373
|treatment_page=page 394
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism architecture;whole_organism nutrition;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> achlorophyllous, heterotrophic.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem presence"><b>Stems </b>absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf presence"><b>Leaves </b>absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="inflorescences raceme orientation;inflorescences cyme orientation;axis texture;axis texture;axis duration;axis coloration;axis some measurement"><b>Inflorescences </b>racemes or cymes, erect at emergence from soil, axis fleshy but not fibrous, usually not persistent after seed dispersal, yellowish to cream, 0.5–2 cm diam. proximal to proximalmost flower.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="pedicel orientation;pedicel shape"><b>Pedicels </b>erect, elongate in fruit;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="bracteole presence">bracteoles absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower architecture or shape;flower orientation"><b>Flowers </b>radially symmetric, erect;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="sepal atypical quantity;sepal quantity;sepal fusion;sepal position;sepal shape;sepal fixation or orientation;sepal shape;corolla architecture or fixation">sepals 4 (–5), distinct, lateral pair clasping corolla, canoe-shaped, other pair appressed to corolla, flattened;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="petal atypical quantity;petal quantity;petal fusion;petal coloration;corolla shape">petals 4 (–5), distinct, yellowish to cream, without basal tubercles, (abaxial surfaces glabrate, adaxial surfaces densely hairy), corolla tubular-campanulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="nectary disc presence">intrastaminal nectary disc present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen position">stamens 8, included;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="filament size;filament pubescence">filaments ± uniformly slender, pubescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="anther shape;anther dehiscence;slit quantity">anthers horseshoe-shaped, without awns, without tubules, dehiscent by 1 slit;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="pistil architecture">pistil (4–) 5-carpellate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="">ovary 1-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;ovary placentation">placentation intruded-parietal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="style course;style fragility or size">style straight, stout;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="stigma shape;hair arrangement">stigma umbilicate, subtended by ring of crowded hairs.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit orientation;fruit dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>baccate, erect, (fleshy), indehiscent, (axis fleshy).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="seed quantity;seed shape;seed architecture"><b>Seeds </b>25–100, ovoid, not winged.</span><!--

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name=Pityopus
|author=Gary D. Wallace
|authority=Small in N. L. Britton et al.
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
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|family=Ericaceae
|distribution=w United States
|reference=None
|publication title=in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl.
|publication year=
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Monotropoideae
|genus=Pityopus
|anther dehiscence=dehiscent
|anther shape=horseshoe--shaped
|axis coloration=yellowish;cream
|axis duration=persistent
|axis some measurement=0.5cm;2cm
|axis texture=not fibrous;fleshy
|bracteole presence=absent
|corolla architecture or fixation=clasping
|corolla shape=tubular-campanulate
|filament pubescence=pubescent
|filament size=slender
|flower architecture or shape=symmetric
|flower orientation=erect
|fruit architecture=baccate
|fruit dehiscence=indehiscent
|fruit orientation=erect
|hair arrangement=crowded
|inflorescences cyme orientation=erect
|inflorescences raceme orientation=erect
|leaf presence=absent
|nectary disc presence=absent
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular
|ovary placentation=intruded-parietal
|pedicel orientation=erect
|pedicel shape=elongate
|petal atypical quantity=4;5
|petal coloration=yellowish;cream
|petal fusion=distinct
|petal quantity=4
|pistil architecture=(4-)5-carpellate
|seed architecture=not winged
|seed quantity=25;100
|seed shape=ovoid
|sepal atypical quantity=4;5
|sepal fixation or orientation=appressed
|sepal fusion=distinct
|sepal position=lateral
|sepal quantity=4
|sepal shape=flattened;canoe--shaped
|slit quantity=1
|stamen position=included
|stamen quantity=8
|stem presence=absent
|stigma shape=umbilicate
|style course=straight
|style fragility or size=stout
|whole_organism architecture=achlorophyllous
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|whole_organism nutrition=heterotrophic
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