Taxon:
Lonicera caprifolium L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:173. 1753
Comment:
the specific epithet is a noun in apposition, derived from a pre-Linnaean generic name, and retains its own gender and termination irrespective of the gender of the generic name (Shenzhen ICN 23.5)
Verified:
01/06/2003
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
- Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). URL: http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
- Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Lonicera+caprifolium&quantity=1
- Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2 Note: mentions as escape from cult.
- Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75 Note: lists as "caprifolia"
- Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Personal Care Products Council. INCI URL: http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
- USDA, NRCS. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service's PLANTS database (on-line resource). URL: http://plants.usda.gov/index.html
- 2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
Common names
English
Italian honeysuckle – Italian woodbine – perfoliate honeysuckle – French
clématite des jardins – German
Jelängerjelieber – wohlriechendes Geißblatt – Swedish
kaprifol –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Austria | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Czechoslovakia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Hungary | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Poland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Norway | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Sweden | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Former Yugoslavia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Romania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Europe
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
Norway, Sweden
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Poland
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Italy, Romania
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Medicines | folklore | | Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |