{"id":1314839,"date":"2015-06-09T10:03:56","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T10:03:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:26:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T12:56:51","slug":"helixanthera-hookeriana","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/helixanthera-hookeriana\/","title":{"rendered":"Helixanthera hookeriana"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Helixanthera<\/i> hookeriana<\/i> Danser, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg III, 10: 317 1929<\/i>. ;<\/div>\n
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India: Found on Mallotus philippensis<\/i> in hills of Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka<\/span> as per BSI Flora of India<\/a>;<\/div>\n
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Branches slender, tubercled, glabrous. Leaves to 10 x 3.5 cm, elliptic, acuminate, glabrous; petiole to 7 mm long. Spike to 7 cm long, unbranched, many-flowered; bracts tomentose. Flowers in small excavations on the rachis; calyx broaden at base; corolla 1 cm long, curved, lobes 4, tomentose; stamens 4, stigma globose. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Flowering and fruiting: March-May<\/span><\/div>\n
Evergreen forests<\/span><\/div>\n
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka<\/span><\/div>\n
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from <\/span>India Biodiversity Portal<\/span><\/a>)
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\nHelixanthera spp for identification<\/a> : 9 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (5)<\/span><\/p>\n

Submitting images of a parasitic plant that possibly is a Helixanthera<\/i> spp for identification.<\/div>\n
Date\/time: 8-05-2015\/ 4-00 PM
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Location: Hassan-Gorur road, Karnataka, about 900msl<\/span><\/div>\n
Habitat: Wild
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Helixanthera obtusatus<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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We are also worked on a loranthus species found in arunachal pradesh.\u00a0The species is helixanthera ligustrina<\/i>. I think your species may be a morphotype of H.ligustrina<\/i>. The pattern looks same but a bit a little different.<\/p>\n

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Helixanthera<\/span><\/a>\u00a0species as per Flora Of India & in efi so far<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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It could be <\/span>Helixanthera hookeriana<\/i> (Wight & Arn.) Danser<\/span><\/p>\n

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Flowers are sessile, spike mealy….. please check for H. hookeriana<\/i>\u00a0(Wight & Arn.) Danser.<\/p>\n

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For your perusal, Sir –<\/p>\n

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