Helicia nilagirica Bedd. belongs to the Proteaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Helicia nilagirica, D. Boufford 44133--China. Yunnan. Meizi Lake Park. 3 May 2018. DSC01424 (249).JPG
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Proteales
Family
Proteaceae
Genus
Helicia
Specific Epithet
nilagirica
Authorship
Bedd.
Scientific Name ID
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Location
China, Yunnan, Simao Xian
22.749444, 100.981111
Location Remarks
Pu'er. South of Nanping-zhen at north end of Meizi-hu (artificial lake) scenic spot near Pu'er New Century Meizi Lake Hotel. Remnant forest around artificial lake, soil stony clay; trees ca. 15-20 m tall, Pinus the most conspicuous. Understory including Helicia, Lyonia, Polyspora, Wendlandia, Ilex, Pyrus, Rubus several Fabaceae and numerous vines, including Smilax and Celastrus. 1340-1350 m. elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Han Huang, Zhuo Zhou
Notes
At edge of forest and partly in forest. Tree ca. 7 m tall; fruit pendulous, immature, green, but full grown, also with younger immature fruit; inflorescences with buds only. This tree most closely resembles plants that have been identified as H. erratica J. D. Hooker var. sinica W. T. Wang, a name placed in synonymy of H. nilagarica in Flora of China 5: 196. 2004.
