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Published In: Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany 2: 168. 1858. (J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Acceptance : Accepted
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Contributor Text: RUBINA AKHTER
Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per.: May-July.
Type: Syntypes: “Temperate and alpine regions of Himalaya, Mani, 9000 ped.! Fleming; Kishtvar, 8000-12000 ped.! T. Thomson; Kunawar! Lance; Sikkim, 11000-14,000 ped.! J.D. Hooker (K).
Distribution: Distribution: Afghanistan, Hindukush, Pakistan Himalaya eastward to India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Tibet.
Comment/Acknowledgements: Common in similiar places with L. obovata, on rocky slopes etc. It has a broadly cylindrical, pink corolla tube and red berries. In its wide distributional range, it is very variable hi shape and size of leaf, bracts and size of peduncle. Some specimens have been observed with broader and larger leaves, broader leaf-like bracts and longer peduncles up to 6 mm long (Jan Mohammed 131), whereas some forms have sessile flowers, smaller and narrower leaves and bracts.
Illustration: Lonicera myrtillus Hook. f. & Thomson (Illustration)
Map Location: B-8 Kashmir: Khans Maru, Muzaffarabad, Jan Muhammad 431 (RAW); Bedori c. 10000', R. R Stewart & E. Nasir 24018 (RAW); B-7 Hazara Dist.: Kaghan, base of Mt. Make, 11200', Y. & I. Nasir & E. J. Ecker 7653 (RAW); Saiful Maluk, alpine, Ch. Shaukat Ali 26291 (BM; RAW); Kaghan vy., 13400', 13.6.1899, Duthie s.n. (RAW); Kuthyali, Kaghan vy., Duthie 21816 (K); Murree Hills, Hazara, c. 9000', R. R. Stewart 12970 (RAW); Nathiagali, Hazara, June 1907, Deane s.n. (K); Changla Gali, c. 9000', June 1926, R. R. Stewart s.n. (RAW); Mokshpuri, Hazara, c. 10000', R. R. Stewart 7610 (RAW); above Dunga gali, 8500', 26.6.1958, R. R Stewart s.n. (RAW); C-6 Kurram Agency: Kurram vy., Duthie 14942 (RAW).

 

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A small rigid shrub with slender prostrate branches. Leaves 5-20 mm long, elliptic, oblong or obovate oblong; petiole very short. Bracts leaf-like, amost as long as corolla tube. Bracteoles connate, cup-shaped, nearly as long as the ovaries, inconspicuous in fruit. Calyx teeth conspicuous, triangular to linear. Corolla up to 7 mm long, yellowish-white tinged with pink; tube cylindrical or broadly campanulate, not gibbous at the base, sub-equally 5-lobed, lobes rounded, erect. Stamens and style included, berries 1, connate, red.
 
 
 
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