Eremotropa sciaphila is a species of flowering plant in the heath family, Ericaceae. It is the sole species in genus Eremotropa. It is a holoparasitic perennial native to central Yunnan Province in south-central China.[1]

Eremotropa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Subfamily: Monotropoideae
Genus: Eremotropa
Andres (1953)
Species:
E. sciaphila
Binomial name
Eremotropa sciaphila
Andres (1953)
Synonyms[1]
  • Eremotropa wuana Y.L.Chou (1981)
  • Monotropastrum sciaphilum (Andres) G.D.Wallace (1987)

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