Lonicera myrtillus Hook.f. & Thomson

 
  • Family : CAPRIFOLIACEAE
    (Honeysuckle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : RASHINA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Caprifoliaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Caprifolium parvifolium Kuntze; Devendraea myrtillus (Hook.f. & Thomson) Pusalkar; Devendraea myrtillus var. cyclophylla (Rehder) Pusalkar; Devendraea myrtillus var. depressa (Rehder) Pusalkar; Lonicera myrtillus var. cyclophylla Rehder; Lonicera myrtillus var. depressa Rehder
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lonicera angustifolia var. myrtillus (Hook.f. & Thomson) Q.E.Yang, Landrein, Borosova & Osborne
  • Common name : Myrtle Honeysuckle
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : On rocky screes with dwarf Rhododendron shrub and on peaty hill slopes, 3050 - 4400 m. altitude
  • Flower, Fruit : May-July
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district
  • Native : Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Afghanistan to China (North-West Sichuan, Yunnan) and North Myanmar
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 143
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1346-1347
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lonicera myrtillus. Downloaded on 8 October 2024.

India Distribution

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