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Lonicera myrtillus Hook. fil. & Thoms.

Synonym: Lonicera angustifolia var. myrtillus
Lonicera myrtillus Hook. f. & Thomson
Lonicera myrtillus Hook. f. & Thomson
Lonicera myrtillus Hook. f. & Thomson [as Lonicera angustifolia Wall. ex DC. var. rhododactyla W. W. Sm.]
Lonicera myrtillus Hook. f. & Thomson [as Lonicera angustifolia Wall. ex DC. var. rhododactyla W. W. Sm.]
Lonicera myrtillus Hook. f. & Thomson
Lonicera myrtillus Hook. f. & Thomson [as Lonicera angustifolia Wall. ex DC. var. rhododactyla W. W. Sm.]
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🗒 Common Names
English
  • Honeysuckle
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Diagnostic Keys
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
References
J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 2: 168. 1858
Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
Attributions Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
Contributors 
Kailash B R
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY_NC_SA
References 
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    📚 Natural History
    Cyclicity
    Flowering/Fruiting: June-October.
    Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
    Attributions Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY_NC_SA
    References 
      Reproduction
      Lonicera species flowers are bisexual i.e., with functional male (androecium) and female (gynoecium), including stamens, carpels and ovary. Pollination is entomophilous i.e., by insects.
      Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
      Attributions Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY_NC_SA
      References 
        Dispersal
        Seeds dispersed by barochory i.e., gravitational dispersal, endozoochory i.e., dispersal by birds and animals internally, epizoochory i.e., dispersal by animals externally, and anthropochory i.e., dispersal by humans.
        Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
        Attributions Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY_NC_SA
        References 
          Morphology
          A small shrub or Undershrub. Young branchlets hairy, Leaves oblong-obovate to oblong-elliptic, 0.5-2.2 x 0.3-0.6 cm across, glabrous, lateral veins 4-6 on either side of the midvein, margin entire, apex obtuse to acute or rounded, petiole about 2 mm or subsessile. Flowers axillary in peduncled pairs, actinomorphic, glabrous, bracts like leaves, slightly longer than the calyx lobes, copular bracteoles about the length of the calyx tube, calyx tube apex truncate, calyx limb shallow copular, apex obtuse. Corolla purplish red or white, glabrous, puberulous, hair, lobes orbicular or suborbicular about the half the length of the calyx tube, Stamens 5, anthers bilobed, style included. Fruit purplish red about 0.5 cm in diameter; seeds brownish oblong.
          Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
          Attributions Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY_NC_SA
          References 
            Diseases
            Susceptible to insect pests bug infestations.
            Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
            Attributions Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY_NC_SA
            References 
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              📚 Habitat and Distribution
              General Habitat
              Forests at an altitude of 6,500 to 13,000 ft.
              Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
              Attributions Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY_NC_SA
              References 
                Description
                Global Distribution:

                Asia: Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan.

                Local Distribution:

                Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, West Bengal.

                Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
                Attributions Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY_NC_SA
                References 
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                  📚 Occurrence
                  No Data
                  📚 Demography and Conservation
                  Conservation Status
                  Not evaluated by the IUCN Redlist.
                  Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
                  Attributions Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY_NC_SA
                  References 
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                    📚 Uses and Management
                    Uses
                    Used in traditional medicine.
                    Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
                    Attributions Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                    Licenses CC_BY_NC_SA
                    References 
                      No Data
                      📚 Information Listing
                      National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
                      Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
                      Attributions Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. | Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India.
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
                      Licenses CC_BY_NC_SA
                      References 
                        References
                        1. Encyclopedia of Life. Available from http://www.eol.org. Accessed 15 Jan 2012.
                        2. Tropicos, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden - www.tropicos.org. URL: http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50041000
                        3. Plant sexual morphology. (2013, February 20). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:31, February 21, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plant_sexual_morphology&oldid=539322400
                        4. The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/. URL: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-50041000
                        5. Mark W. chase and James L. Reveal (2009): A Phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III. From Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 122-127.
                        6. Hooker, J. D., (1880) Flora of British India. Reprint by Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Publishers, Dehra Dun. 3: 13.
                        7. The International Plant Names Index (2012). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org. URL: http://www.ipni.org/ipni/simplePlantNameSearch.do?find_wholeName=Lonicera+myrtillus&output_format=normal&query_type=by_query&back_page=query_ipni.html
                        8. IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 1 April 2013.
                        9. Birgitta Bremer et. al. (2009): An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. From Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 105-121.
                        10. 8. IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 1 April 2013.
                        11. 2. The International Plant Names Index (2012). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org. URL: http://www.ipni.org/ipni/simplePlantNameSearch.do?find_wholeName=Lonicera+myrtillus&output_format=normal&query_type=by_query&back_page=query_ipni.html
                        12. 6. Hooker, J. D., (1880) Flora of British India. Reprint by Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Publishers, Dehra Dun. 3: 13.
                        13. 4. Birgitta Bremer et. al. (2009): An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. From Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 105-121.
                        14. 1. Tropicos, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden - www.tropicos.org. URL: http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50041000
                        15. 3. The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/. URL: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-50041000
                        16. 7. Encyclopedia of Life. Available from http://www.eol.org. Accessed 15 Jan 2012.
                        17. 9. Plant sexual morphology. (2013, February 20). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:31, February 21, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plant_sexual_morphology&oldid=539322400
                        18. 5. Mark W. chase and James L. Reveal (2009): A Phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III. From Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 122-127.
                        Information Listing > References
                        1. Encyclopedia of Life. Available from http://www.eol.org. Accessed 15 Jan 2012.
                        2. Tropicos, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden - www.tropicos.org. URL: http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50041000
                        3. Plant sexual morphology. (2013, February 20). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:31, February 21, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plant_sexual_morphology&oldid=539322400
                        4. The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/. URL: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-50041000
                        5. Mark W. chase and James L. Reveal (2009): A Phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III. From Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 122-127.
                        6. Hooker, J. D., (1880) Flora of British India. Reprint by Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Publishers, Dehra Dun. 3: 13.
                        7. The International Plant Names Index (2012). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org. URL: http://www.ipni.org/ipni/simplePlantNameSearch.do?find_wholeName=Lonicera+myrtillus&output_format=normal&query_type=by_query&back_page=query_ipni.html
                        8. IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 1 April 2013.
                        9. Birgitta Bremer et. al. (2009): An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. From Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 105-121.
                        10. 8. IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 1 April 2013.
                        11. 2. The International Plant Names Index (2012). Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org. URL: http://www.ipni.org/ipni/simplePlantNameSearch.do?find_wholeName=Lonicera+myrtillus&output_format=normal&query_type=by_query&back_page=query_ipni.html
                        12. 6. Hooker, J. D., (1880) Flora of British India. Reprint by Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Publishers, Dehra Dun. 3: 13.
                        13. 4. Birgitta Bremer et. al. (2009): An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. From Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 105-121.
                        14. 1. Tropicos, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden - www.tropicos.org. URL: http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50041000
                        15. 3. The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/. URL: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-50041000
                        16. 7. Encyclopedia of Life. Available from http://www.eol.org. Accessed 15 Jan 2012.
                        17. 9. Plant sexual morphology. (2013, February 20). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:31, February 21, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plant_sexual_morphology&oldid=539322400
                        18. 5. Mark W. chase and James L. Reveal (2009): A Phylogenetic classification of the land plants to accompany APG III. From Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 122-127.

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                        📚 Meta data
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                        🐾 Taxonomy
                        RootRoot
                        KingdomPlantae
                        PhylumTracheophyta
                        ClassMagnoliopsida
                        OrderDipsacales
                        FamilyCaprifoliaceae
                        GenusLonicera
                        SpeciesLonicera angustifolia Hayata
                        InfraspeciesLonicera angustifolia var. myrtillus
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