{"id":1408930,"date":"2015-07-21T08:12:36","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T08:12:36","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:26:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T12:56:47","slug":"helixanthera-intermedia","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/helixanthera-intermedia\/","title":{"rendered":"Helixanthera intermedia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Helixanthera<\/i> intermedia<\/i> Danser, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg III, 10: 317 1929<\/i>. ;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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India: Evergreen forests, on a limited number of hosts, i. e. Cinnamomum<\/i> spp., Helicteres isora, Machilus macrantha<\/i><\/font>, etc. Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu<\/font> as per BSI Flora of India<\/font><\/a>;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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Glabrous shrubs. Leaves ovate, obtuse, coriaceous, base obtuse, truncate, or sub-cordate ; petiole 1 cm long. Racemes 7 cm long, axillary, many-flowered; pedicel 7 mm long, slender, glabrous. Flower buds 4-angled and curved; corolla lobes 4, straight, purplish pink, free to the base; stamens 4; filaments attached below the middle of the corolla; stigma globose. <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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ANJUL02\/02 Helixanthera sp. for identification<\/a> : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments<\/span> (8)<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Family: Loranthaceae<\/i>
Date: 20th June 2015
Place: Chikamagalur, Karnataka<\/font>
Habit: Parastic plant
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Can this be Helixanthera intermedia<\/i> Danser?<\/p>\n
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Please check KEY in BSI –\u00a0http:\/\/efloraindia.nic.in\/efloraindia\/taxonList.action?id=11&type=3<\/font><\/a>
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I fail to find bract character in the attached images, fail to guess petiole-peduncle-pedicel-etc sizes. Perhaps there is a type-error in BSI petiole size –\u00a0<\/div>\n
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However, id seems to be possible.<\/p>\n
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I agree with … though our earlier record tell a different story –\u00a0efi thread<\/a>\u00a0which continued in\u00a0http:\/\/www.parasiticplants.siu.edu\/Loranthaceae\/<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n
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It seems to be Helixanthera obtusata<\/i><\/p>\n
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the plant is\u00a0Helixanthera intermedia<\/i>\u00a0(Wt.) Dans. It closely resembles\u00a0H. obtusata<\/i>\u00a0in not having furfuraceous hairs on young branchlets and leaves.\u00a0<\/div>\n
Confirmed by the following specialist in Loranthaceae<\/i><\/div>\n
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TSPOCT2015-20: Images of Helixanthera intermedia shared<\/a> : 3 posts by 3 authors. <\/span><\/div>\n
it is my pleasure to share a few images of Helixanthera intermedia\u00a0<\/i>(Loranthaceae<\/i>)<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
Habit: Epiphytic<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Habitat: Shola forest<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
Sighting: Mullaianagiri, Chikmagalur, Karnataka about 1700 ms<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Date: 18-06-2015<\/p>\n
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Helixanthera wallichiana from Silent Valley.<\/font><\/a>:\u00a0<\/div>\n
Helixanthera wallichiana<\/i> of Loranthaceae<\/i> family, an endemic, rare, hemi-parasitic shrub<\/font> from Silent Valley National Park, Kerala<\/font><\/font> <\/div>\n
The Picture was taken during a field visit in April 2007.<\/font> <\/div>\n
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Habitat picture is available @
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This habit picture was taken by my friend Dr K A Subramanian (Scientist C ZSI, Kolcatta) during the same field trip.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
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Nice picture …, but pls check flower size. I think this to be H. obtusata<\/i>. Flowers appear to be about 2 cm long and with narrow long lobes. H. wallichiana<\/i> flowers are just 5-6 mm long with short lobes. <\/p>\n

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I will recheck the same when I get live specimen.
Unfortunately we were not allowed to collect specimens during the field visit. I had gone with IISc team who had permission only to collect amphibians and reptiles, hence I don’t have specimen with me. <\/div>\n

From my field notebook I recollect that the flowers were around 1cm (max 1.5cm no precise measurement is available) – long.\u00a0 <\/div>\n
When I rerun the key, I could learnt that H. obtusatus<\/i> branchlets inflorescence and\/or sometimes leaves more or less furfuraceous (Made of or covered with scaly particles, such as dandruff) and leaf base is rounded\/ acute\/auricled whereas, in my specimen leaves, branchlets and inflorescence were glabrous as mentioned in the key provided by Gamble (described as L wallichiana<\/i>) and the leaf base was narrowed at the base.\u00a0 <\/div>\n
I had experimented and experienced a variation in flower length of flowers of Dendrophthoe falcata<\/i> and D nilgirica<\/i> from populations from KMTR (Tirunelveli) and the Nilgiries (Priya Davidars JBNHS paper). I had presented this work in the 5th International Canopy conference held in Bangalore in 2009. <\/div>\n
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By the way, the Disperis<\/i> you have there is Disperis zeylanica<\/i> and not neilgherense<\/i>.
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May pl. recheck in view of feedback in another thread<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n
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If the pic at\u00a0http:\/\/www.parasiticplants.siu.edu\/Loranthaceae\/images\/HelixantheraWall1.jpg<\/font><\/a>\u00a0is of same species in this thread, more than 4 pairs of lateral nerves determine<\/font><\/a> it cannot be H. wallichiana<\/i>\u00a0(Schult.f.) Danser.<\/p>\n
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<\/font>The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a>\u00a0(unresolved)
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