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honeysuckles
Lonicera
Honeysuckles (Lonicera, /lɒˈnɪsərə/; syn. Caprifolium Mill.) are arching shrubs or twining bines in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to the Northern Hemisphere. Approximately 180 species of honeysuckle have been identified. About 100 of these species can be found in China and approximately 20 native species have been identified in Europe, 20 in India, and 20 in North America. Widely known species include Lonicera periclymenum (honeysuckle or woodbine), Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle, white honeysuckle, or Chinese honeysuckle) and...
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Chamaecerasus
subgenusChamaecerasus
Lonicera
subgenusLonicera
Lonicera magnibracteata
speciesLonicera magnibracteata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.656
The Dutch Herbarium or Herbal
Petrus Nylandt · 1670 · p.68
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 21)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.88
Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration
Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.755
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.220
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51874.