Monotropastrum is a small genus of myco-heterotrophic plants in the family Ericaceae.

As currently circumscribed the group includes two species.

[1] The genus is found locally throughout much of southern and eastern Asia (Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Sikkim, Thailand, and Vietnam).

[2] Based on morphological and molecular analyses, Monotropastrum has been placed in the Ericaceae subfamily Monotropoideae, and the tribe Monotropeae.

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