Pan India Bouquets

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
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Lonicera myrtillus. Downloaded on 28 June 2022.

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