Pyrola
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Pyrola 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.
Pyrola 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. ==Description== ===Vegetative characteristics=== foliage]] Pyrola are erect, chlorophyllous or achlorophyllous, up to tall herbs or subshrubs with single, glabrous stems. The long, branched, slender rootstock bears fine roots. ===Generative characteristics=== flower]] fruit]] The many-flowered, racemose inflorescence with 1–4 scape bracts bears pedicellate, nodding, campanulate, radially symmetric or slightly zygomorphic flowers. The pendulous, loculicidal capsule fruit bears approximately 1000 winged, spindle-shaped seeds. ===Cytology=== The chromosome count is n = 23, 46. ==Taxonomy== It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. The lectotype is Pyrola rotundifolia ===Species=== It has 42 accepted species: Pyrola alboreticulata Pyrola alpina Pyrola americana Pyrola angustifolia Pyrola aphylla Pyrola asarifolia Pyrola atropurpurea Pyrola calliantha Pyrola carpatica Pyrola chlorantha Pyrola chouana Pyrola corbierei Pyrola crypta Pyrola dahurica Pyrola decorata Pyrola dentata Pyrola elegantula Pyrola elliptica Pyrola faurieana Pyrola forrestiana Pyrola × graebneriana Pyrola grandiflora Pyrola japonica Pyrola karakoramica Pyrola macrocalyx Pyrola markonica Pyrola mattfeldiana Pyrola media Pyrola minor Pyrola morrisonensis Pyrola nephrophylla Pyrola norvegica Pyrola picta Pyrola renifolia Pyrola rotundifolia Pyrola rugosa Pyrola shanxiensis Pyrola sororia Pyrola subaphylla Pyrola sumatrana Pyrola szechuanica Pyrola tschanbaischanica Pyrola xinjiangensis ==Pharmacology== Pyrola elliptica, commonly known as "shinleaf", contains a drug related to aspirin, and the leaves have been used to treat bruises. Its common name derives from its use in shin casting. ==References== ==External links==
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