Lonicera japonica Thunb.

CAPRIFOLIACEAE

- Honeysuckle family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Lonicera japonica Thunb.

Nomencl. ref.: in Murray, Syst. Veg., ed. 14: 216 (1784)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Japanese honeysuckle

English name: gold-and-silver-flower

English name: Japanese honeysuckle

Spanish name: madreselva

French name: clématite du Japon

Italian name: Caprifoglio giapponese

German name: japanisches Geißblatt

Grown habit: Vine
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Lonicera japonica Thunb. var. aureo-reticulata (T. Moore) G. Nicholson
= Lonicera japonica Thunb. var. chinensis (P.W. Watson) Baker
= Nintooa japonica (Thunb.) Sweet

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Lonicera japonica Thunb. var. aureo-reticulata (T. Moore) G. Nicholson
2) Lonicera japonica Thunb. var. chinensis (P.W. Watson) Baker

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Lonicera
Species:

Page counter: 2082 ( AVG: 222.21 / 291.326 )

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Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari

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Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, pendici del Monte Valerio, campus universitario., TS, FVG, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Venezia, Isola del Lido, località Alberoni, lungo la diga della Bocca di Malamocco., TS, FVG, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Serle, località Ronco., BS, Lombardia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Habit at Kokee, Kauai - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

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Flowering habit at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 3: 280.

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Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Athens, Plaka, public garden, Attica, Greece, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Fruit at Corn Creek NWR, Nevada - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

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Credit: Photo by Angelo Mazzoni

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Flower and fruit at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. - Not copyrighted image

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Credit: Photo by Patrizia Ferrari

Lonicera japonica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Trieste, parco del castello di Miramare., TS, FVG, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Flowers and leaves at Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

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Rooting at nodes at Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

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Credit: Photo by Angelo Mazzoni

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Credit: Photo by Franco Giordana

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. - Not copyrighted image

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Leaves at Corn Creek NWR, Nevada - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

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Credit: Photo by Enzo De Santis

Lonicera japonica
Credit: Photo by Patrizia Ferrari

Lonicera japonica
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari

Lonicera japonica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto botanico dell'Università di Padova, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WV), USA+ (Puerto Rico), CAN (ON)

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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Lonicera japonica Thunb. var. aureo-reticulata (T. Moore) G. Nicholson [191]
2) Lonicera japonica Thunb. var. chinensis (P.W. Watson) Baker [108]
3) Lonicera johnstonii (D.D. Keck) McMinn [149]
4) Lonicera korolkowii Stapf var. floribunda G. Nicholson [157]
5) Lonicera ledebourii Eschsch. [177]
6) Lonicera micrantha (Trautv.) Regel [135]
7) Lonicera oblongifolia (Goldie) Hook. var. altissima (Jennings) Rehder [173]
8) Lonicera praeflorens Batalin [300]
9) Lonicera sempervirens L. var. minor Aiton [200]
10) Lonicera villosa (Michx.) Schult. [456]

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