Pyroloideae


Pyroloideae is a subfamily of plants in the family Ericaceae. It was formerly treated as a separate family, Pyrolaceae. 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.

Genera list

ImageGenusLiving Species
Chimaphila Pursh
  • Chimaphila japonica
  • Chimaphila maculata
  • Chimaphila menziesii
  • Chimaphila monticola
  • Chimaphila umbellata
Moneses Salisb. ex Gray
  • Moneses uniflora, one-flowered wintergreen
  • Orthilia Raf.
  • Orthilia secunda, one-sided-wintergreen
  • Pyrola L.
  • 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