8523.000 Lonicera L.

Description of the genus

Shrub with twining stems (in ours). Leaves simple. Flowers zygomorphic, in axillary pedunculate pairs. Corolla 2-lipped. Fruit a berry.

Derivation of name: after Adam Lonicer or Lonitzer, 1528-1586, German physician and naturalist.

Worldwide: 180 species, northern hemisphere to Mexico and the Philippines

Burundi: 1 taxon.

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Species		Content
japonica Thunb. ex Murray		Description, Image

Other sources of information about Lonicera:

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Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Lonicera
Flora of Zimbabwe: Lonicera
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Lonicera

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Lonicera
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lonicera
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lonicera
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Lonicera
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Lonicera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lonicera
JSTOR Plant Science: Lonicera
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lonicera
Plants of the World Online: Lonicera
Tropicos: Lonicera
Wikipedia: Lonicera