Pan India Bouquets

Lonicera rupicola Hook.f. & Thomson

Family : Caprifoliaceae
(Honeysuckle Family)
Family (Hindi name) : RASHINA FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : Caprifoliaceae
Synonym(s) : Caprifolium rupicola Kuntze; Devendraea rupicola (Hook.f. & Thomson) Pusalkar; Lonicera rupicola subsp. thibetica (Bureau & Franch.) Y.C.Tang; Lonicera thibetica Bureau & Franch.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lonicera rupicola Hook.f. & Thomson
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Alpine scrub and meadows, rock crevices, scree slopes, grasslands, forest margins, deserts; 2000 - 5000 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : May-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Inner Mongolia, Nepal, Qinghai, Tibet
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to North and Central China
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: 1348
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 rupicola. Downloaded on 1 July 2022.